Driving in Slovenia explained

Driving in Slovenia can be performed by licensed individuals over the age of 18. Vehicles drive on the right side of the road in Slovenia.

Speed limits

The speed limits in Slovenia are 50km/h in built up areas, 90km/h outside built up areas, 110km/h on dual carriageways and 130km/h on motorways.

Right of way

Buses have right of way at all times (and may sometimes pull out without warning).

Daytime running headlamps

All vehicles must use headlamps at all times.

Toll roads

See also: Highways in Slovenia.

In accordance with an amendment to the Public Roads Act, approved by the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia at the end of April 2008, use of toll stickers (Slovenian: vinjete) is obligatory for all vehicles with a permissible maximum weight of 3500kg (7,700lb) (the current first and second toll-rate category) on motorways and expressways in Slovenia as of 1 July 2008. The toll-collection system with stickers was introduced with the aim of improving traffic flow and reducing exhaust emissions.

With the introduction of the toll-collection system with stickers in the second half of 2008, only half-year stickers were sold, and annual stickers for 2009 were made available at the beginning of December 2008. From 1 July 2008 onwards, purchase of a sticker is obligatory for use of a toll road with a vehicle whose permissible maximum weight does not exceed 3500kg (7,700lb), regardless of the maximum weight of a trailer.

The toll stickers have been criticized by the European Commission and various automobile clubs from Central and Southern Europe, spawning numerous guides on how to avoid highways, and causing heavy traffic damaging the roadway on secondary roads. Nevertheless, it is worth noting that the main protesters were Austrian, and yet Austria has had a toll-sticker system in place for many years.[1] [2] [3] [4] On 28 January 2010, after short-term toll stickers were introduced by Slovenia and some other changes were made to the Slovenian toll-sticker system, the European Commission concluded that the toll-sticker system is in accordance with European law.[5]

Parking in cities

Regulations

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Protest: Toll sticker in Slovenia makes driving more expensive for tourists . 2008-05-28 . 2008-07-11 . Wien International . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080531133350/http://www.wieninternational.at/en/node/8938 . 2008-05-31.
  2. Web site: Od 1. srpnja prolaz kroz Sloveniju stajat će oko 260 kuna!. 2008-03-21. 2008-07-12. Dnevnik.hr. Croatian.
  3. Web site: Kroz Sloveniju besplatno (guide to avoid highways). Croatian.
  4. http://splitguide.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/breaking-news-slovanian-vignette-most-possibly-violates-eu-rights/ Split-Guide, Dalmatien Travelguide
  5. Web site: Brussels Stops Proceedings over Vignettes . . 29 January 2010.