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Driving in Somalia
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Driving side
Right
Speed limits
50 / 80 / 100 km/h · 31 / 50 / 62 mph
urban / rural / motorway
International permit (IDP)
Required · Geneva 1949
Academic in practice - visitors travel with drivers and, in Somaliland, an armed escort.
Blood alcohol limit
0.00% - alcohol is prohibited
Tolls
Informal checkpoint payments rather than formal tolls.
Headlights
Not required by day.
Child seats
Not enforced or available.
Visitors do not self-drive. In Somaliland, road travel outside Hargeisa legally requires an SPU escort. Alcohol is prohibited throughout.