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Driving in Trinidad and Tobago
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Left
50 / 80 / 100 km/h · 31 / 50 / 62 mph
urban / rural / motorway
Not required
A valid foreign licence (in English) is accepted for up to 90 days - no local permit needed for tourist stays. An IDP is only useful as a translation.
0.08 % (35 µg/100 ml breath) - roadside breathalysers in use
None - highways are toll-free
At night and in heavy rain; no daytime requirement
Child seats required for young children - rental companies supply them; fines apply
Drive on the left. Trinidad’s highways are good but Port of Spain rush hour is genuinely heavy; the north-coast and Toco roads are slow, winding and worth it. Tobago is easy, slow driving on one coastal loop. Watch for flash flooding in the wet season.