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Driving in Zambia
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Driving side
Left
Speed limits
50 / 100 / 120 km/h · 31 / 62 / 75 mph
urban / rural / motorway
International permit (IDP)
Recommended · Geneva 1949
English-language licences are accepted for short visits; an IDP simplifies police stops and rentals.
Blood alcohol limit
0.08% (0.8 g/l)
Tolls
Toll gates on the main trunk roads; small cash amounts, and foreign-registered vehicles pay more.
Headlights
Not required by day.
Child seats
Not enforced; bring your own.
Left-hand traffic. Police checkpoints are frequent and usually routine - carry licence, IDP, insurance and vehicle papers. Fuel stations thin out badly in the parks and the west; carry jerrycans on long legs.