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Driving in Western Sahara
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Driving side
Right
Speed limits
60 / 100 / 120 km/h · 37 / 62 / 75 mph
urban / rural / motorway
International permit (IDP)
Recommended · Geneva 1949
Moroccan rules apply; an IDP alongside your national licence smooths checkpoints and rentals.
Blood alcohol limit
0.02% (0.2 g/l)
Tolls
None on the N1 south.
Headlights
Not required by day.
Child seats
Under-10s must not travel in the front seat.
Police checkpoints every hour or so require a form with passport and vehicle details - print twenty copies of a "fiche" before you set out and hand one over each time. Sand drifts across the road, fog rolls in off the cold current, and fuel stations are far apart.