Driving in India: licence, roads and tolls

FASTag on the windscreen for every national highway toll, and a strong case for hiring a driver instead.

• FASTag is mandatory. Cash lanes have largely gone from national highway plazas; hire cars have a tag and the charges are settled at the end.
• A car with a driver costs little more than the car alone and solves the traffic, the parking, the language and the accident liability at once. It is what residents do for long trips.
• Traffic drives on the left, and lane discipline, horn use and right of way work by negotiation rather than by rule.
• The alcohol limit is 0.03 %, with a first offence carrying a large fine and potential imprisonment.
• Avoid driving at night between cities. Unlit trucks, livestock and oncoming vehicles on the wrong carriageway are the reasons.