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Driving in Lesotho
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Driving side
Left
Speed limits
50 / 80 / 100 km/h · 31 / 50 / 62 mph
urban / rural / motorway
International permit (IDP)
Recommended · Geneva 1949
English-language licences are accepted; an IDP helps at police stops.
Blood alcohol limit
0.08% (0.8 g/l)
Tolls
A small road levy is charged on foreign-registered vehicles at the border.
Headlights
Not required by day.
Child seats
Not enforced; bring your own.
Left-hand traffic. Mountain roads with no barriers, livestock everywhere, and snow or ice from May to August. Fuel stations are far apart in the highlands - fill up in every district town.