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Driving in Mongolia
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Driving side
Right
Speed limits
60 / 80 / 100 km/h · 37 / 50 / 62 mph
urban / rural / motorway
International permit (IDP)
Required · Vienna 1968
An IDP is required. Self-drive rental exists but insurance for off-road travel is limited and recovery is your own problem.
Blood alcohol limit
0.00% - absolute zero tolerance
Tolls
Small tolls on a few paved sections out of Ulaanbaatar.
Headlights
Not required by day.
Child seats
No effective requirement or rental stock.
Outside the paved corridors there are no roads, only tracks that fork and rejoin - navigation is by GPS and local knowledge, which is what the driver is for. Carry spare fuel, water and a satellite communicator if you go without one.