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Road signs in Zambia are based on the SADC Road Traffic Signs Manual, [1] [2] [3] a document designed to harmonise traffic signs in member states of the Southern Africa Development Community. Zambia drives on the left .
The Road Transport and Safety Agency, popularly known as RTSA, is a road and motor vehicle government regulation body in Zambia. It is the only institution authorised to issue vehicle training and driving licences in Zambia. [1] [2] [3] The agency also ensures that there is road safety in the country.
In the 1970s Zambia had one of the best highway networks in sub-Saharan Africa. In 1991 it was estimated by the National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) that 80 percent of the road network had deteriorated and out of total road assets valued at US$2.3 billion, US$400 million had been lost due to neglected maintenance.
Zambia has four international airports, five airstrips and five secondary airfields that serve the domestic and international flights. The main airport is Lusaka Kenneth Kaunda International Airport. Other smaller airports include Livingstone and Mfuew, Ndola along with secondary airfields including Kasama, Kitwe, Chipata, Mongi, Mansa and Solwezi.
Zambia requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates. [2] Current plates are European standard 520 mm × 110 mm, and use FE-Schrift . Image
Driving while intoxicated is illegal in the United States. Almost all states have a "minimum blood alcohol level while driving of .08%" (Kentucky Driver's Manual). [ 4 ] For seat belts, 49 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws requiring seat belt use by at least all occupants of the front seat.
The original Great North Road of Zambia consisted of three current routes, namely the T1 road, T2 road and M1 road, from Livingstone, through Choma, Lusaka, Kabwe, Serenje, Mpika and Kasama, to Mbala. But today, Zambia's Great North Road is formed by only one route, which is the T2 road from Lusaka, through Kabwe, Serenje and Mpika, to Nakonde.
The T2 is a trunk road in Zambia.The road runs from the Tunduma border with Tanzania via Mpika, Kabwe and Lusaka to the Chirundu border with Zimbabwe. [1] [2] The road is the longest route of the country, as it is approximately 1,155 kilometres (718 mi).