Botswana Travel Forum

I would like to Bring to the attention of the Self Driving people that the Police fines being handed out in Botswana has gone up Insanely!. I would recommend that you take extreme care to avoid buggering up your holidays due to unnecessary fines. A sample of the fine is attached.

1) Exceeding Speed Limits P3000-P5000 or 18-2Yrs in Prison
2) Drunken Driving P5000-P10 000 2 to 5 Yrs in Prison
3) Dangerous / Reckless Driving P 2000-P10 000
4) Failure TO Obey police Instructions P 1000- P5000
5) Improper Vehicle Condition P 1000- P 10 000

Oh yes and if you a foreigner be expected to be treated specially ! ( if you know what I mean.

I had to pay $40 to a very drunken Policeman in Nata to get an accident report. He even threatened to jail me for the accident I showed up to report and pay the bribe for!

The information here is good, however it will either:-
Be deleted, because it is not a question.
Or
It will be lost as it vanishes down the travel forum.

May I suggest that you write it up as a travel tip, on your travel pages here at VT?
Once it is written up, it can be viewed by other members.

Wise advice Ricky.

Ok Guys will transfer it to a travel tip page!

For the complete list, you can find it on this page. http://maunselfdrive4x4.webs.com/misc.htm

This stuff is just common sense anyway. Basically it was designed to rein in the bahavior of Botswana's own drivers.