Self driving a regular car not a tuktuk is it sane for an experienced driver here

Car rental company so the honest road reality including against your comparisons The license and permit a self drive car needs your home license PLUS an International Driving Permit endorsed with the Sri Lankan recognition permit the same endorsement the tuktuk and scooter threads describe obtained via the Automobile Association or the motor traffic department most self drive rental companies arrange the recognition permit for you allow lead time driving is on the LEFT The road reality honestly it is intense and your Italy and India comparison is the right frame busier and more assertive than southern Italy not as extreme as the worst Indian cities the specific challenges buses are the apex predators they overtake into oncoming traffic and stop without warning expecting everyone to yield (everyone does) tuktuks weave pedestrians and dogs and the occasional cow share the road undivided two lane roads carry overtaking in both directions simultaneously and hill country roads are narrow winding and slow Would you enjoy it the honest calculus for a genuinely confident assertive driver who reads chaotic traffic well it is DOABLE and on the quieter roads the dry zone the coast roads off peak the tea country back lanes it is even enjoyable and freeing BUT and this is the real point the cost difference between self drive and a car WITH a driver is small here the driver often costs little more than the self drive rental once you add the recognition permit and insurance so you are choosing to take on the stress the navigation the parking the police stop risk and the accident liability to save very little money this is why most experienced drivers who CAN self drive still hire the driver here the math favours it unlike in Europe My honest recommendation if driving itself is a joy you seek and you want total independence rent and drive the quieter regions if you want to actually SEE the country out the window and arrive relaxed the driver is barely more and removes every stress in southern Italy I would say drive here I lean toward the driver and I sell the rentals