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Driving in Myanmar
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Driving side
Right
Speed limits
48 / 80 / 100 km/h · 30 / 50 / 62 mph
urban / rural / motorway
International permit (IDP)
Required · Geneva 1949
Self-drive rental is effectively unavailable to visitors and would be uninsurable in any case. Cars come with drivers.
Blood alcohol limit
0.08%
Tolls
Tolls on the Yangon–Naypyidaw–Mandalay expressway and several trunk roads.
Headlights
Not required by day.
Child seats
No effective requirement.
Myanmar switched from left to right-hand traffic in 1970 but most vehicles are still right-hand drive imports, so overtaking on two-lane roads is genuinely dangerous. Road travel between cities also means checkpoints - this is not a country to drive yourself around.