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Driving in Tuvalu
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Driving side
Left
Speed limits
40 / 40 / 40 km/h · 25 / 25 / 25 mph
urban / rural / motorway
International permit (IDP)
Recommended · Geneva 1949
A national licence is generally accepted; almost nobody hires a car.
Blood alcohol limit
0.08% (0.8 g/l)
Tolls
None.
Headlights
Not required by day.
Child seats
Not enforced or available.
Funafuti has about twelve kilometres of road and the vehicle of choice is a motorcycle. Do not drive or walk on the runway when the siren sounds - it is the only alert before an aircraft lands.