Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina

Drive on the right and normally overtake on the left.

Call 122 for police, 123 for the fire service and 124 for emergency medical assistance.

For most drivers, the permitted blood-alcohol concentration is up to 0.3 g/kg (0.3‰). A zero-alcohol limit applies to several categories, including drivers under 21, drivers with less than three years of driving experience, learner drivers and certain professional drivers.

The general maximum speed is 50 km/h, unless signs indicate another limit.

On ordinary roads outside built-up areas, the general maximum speed for cars is 80 km/h, unless signs indicate another limit.

The general maximum speed is 100 km/h, unless signs indicate another limit.

For cars, the general maximum speed on motorways is 130 km/h, unless a lower limit is indicated.

There is no nationwide motorway vignette. Tolls are charged on tolled motorway sections, with separate toll systems operating in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska.

Yes. Motor vehicles must use dipped headlights or daytime running lights during daytime driving.

For most vehicles, prescribed winter equipment is mandatory from 1 November to 1 April, regardless of the weather. Permitted arrangements include winter tyres on all wheels or specified tyre-and-snow-chain combinations.

Seat belts are mandatory for drivers and passengers while travelling in a vehicle equipped with them.

Children under five travelling on a rear seat must generally use an appropriate child safety seat. Children aged five to under 12 must use an appropriate child restraint or booster that allows the seat belt to be used correctly.

Children under 12 generally may not travel in the front passenger seat. A child under two may be carried there in a rear-facing child seat if the passenger airbag is absent or deactivated.

Drivers and passengers on mopeds, motorcycles, light motorcycles, tricycles and quadricycles must wear a properly fastened protective helmet. There is no general helmet requirement for ordinary cyclists, although a child up to eight years old carried on a bicycle must wear one.

A driver may not use a handheld mobile phone or other communication device while driving. Hands-free use is permitted with suitable equipment. The restriction also applies while temporarily stopped as part of traffic, such as at a traffic light.

At an intersection where priority is not otherwise regulated, drivers must generally give way to a vehicle approaching from the right. Traffic signs, traffic lights and other priority rules can override this rule.

Unless traffic signs indicate otherwise, drivers must generally give way to vehicles travelling on rails, regardless of which side they approach from.

At an uncontrolled pedestrian crossing, drivers must stop and allow pedestrians to cross when they are already crossing, are entering the crossing or clearly show an intention to cross.

Red means stop. Amber also means stop, except when the vehicle is already so close to the signal that it cannot safely be stopped.

Drivers passing a stopped public-transport vehicle must reduce speed and avoid endangering passengers. Where passengers must cross the lane to board or leave the vehicle, drivers must stop. In built-up areas, drivers must also allow designated public-transport vehicles to re-enter traffic from certain stops.

Cars are generally required to carry a reflective safety vest, warning triangle, first-aid kit, spare tyre, jack, tow rope and spare light bulbs, subject to vehicle-specific requirements and exceptions.

From dusk until dawn and during reduced daytime visibility, cyclists must use a reflective vest or other suitable reflective equipment that makes them clearly visible.