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Driving in Monaco
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Driving side
Right
Speed limits
50 / 50 / 50 km/h · 31 / 31 / 31 mph
urban / rural / motorway
International permit (IDP)
Not required
EU, UK and US licences are valid for visits.
Blood alcohol limit
0.05%
Tolls
None internally; the French A8 motorway approaching is tolled.
Headlights
Not required by day.
Child seats
Mandatory under 10 years.
Do not drive here. The country is two square kilometres of one-way streets, tunnels and multi-storey car parks, parking is expensive and metered, and the train from Nice takes twenty minutes. During the Grand Prix week much of the road network is closed entirely.