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Drive on the right-hand side of the road and normally overtake on the left.

Call 112 for the general emergency services. For urgent police assistance, Slovenia also uses 113.

For most ordinary drivers, the maximum permitted alcohol level is 0.5 g/kg of blood or 0.24 mg/l of breath, provided the driver shows no signs of impairment. Zero alcohol applies to novice drivers and several categories of professional and other specified drivers.

The general maximum speed in a built-up area is 50 km/h, unless signs establish another limit.

For an ordinary passenger car, the general maximum on roads outside built-up areas is 90 km/h, unless another limit is signed.

For an ordinary passenger car, the general maximum on an expressway is 110 km/h, unless a lower limit is indicated.

For an ordinary passenger car, the general motorway maximum is 130 km/h, unless signs impose a lower limit.

The general maximum is 30 km/h in limited-speed zones, 20 km/h in shared traffic areas and 10 km/h in traffic-calmed areas and pedestrian zones, unless otherwise regulated.

Generally yes. Motor vehicles with a maximum permissible weight of up to 3.5 tonnes need a valid electronic vignette before entering designated tolled motorways and expressways.

For most passenger cars, electronic vignettes are available for one week, one month or one year. The vignette is linked electronically to the vehicle's registration plate rather than displayed as a windscreen sticker.

No. Since 1 January 2026, the H5 and H6 coastal expressway sections have been removed from the e-vignette system and can be used without a vignette.

Yes. Motor vehicles must use daytime running lights or dipped headlights during daytime driving. Appropriate vehicle lights must also be used when visibility or other conditions require them.

Vehicles must have prescribed winter equipment from 15 November to 15 March and whenever winter conditions occur outside that period. For vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes, this can consist of winter tyres on all wheels or qualifying summer tyres together with suitable snow chains for the driven wheels.

Tyres qualifying as winter equipment must have at least 3 mm of tread depth.

Snow chains can form part of the required winter equipment when a vehicle uses suitable summer tyres instead of winter tyres. They must be of the correct size for the driven wheels and used when snow conditions require them or when traffic signs mandate their use.

Yes. Drivers and passengers must use seat belts in seats equipped with them, subject to limited legal exemptions.

A child who is shorter than 140 cm or weighs less than 36 kg must normally be secured in an appropriate approved child-restraint system suited to the child's physical characteristics.

Yes, but a rear-facing child restraint must not be used in front of an active frontal airbag. The airbag must be deactivated where required for safe and lawful use of the restraint.

Yes. Riders and passengers on motorcycles and mopeds must normally wear a properly fastened protective helmet, subject to limited exemptions for certain enclosed or restraint-equipped vehicles.

Cyclists and users of light motor vehicles such as e-scooters must wear a protective helmet until the age of 18. Helmet use is strongly recommended for older cyclists as well.

A handheld mobile phone must not be used while driving. A phone may be used with a hands-free system, provided it does not interfere with safe control of the vehicle.

Yes. At an intersection where priority is not otherwise regulated, the vehicle approaching from the right has priority.

A driver already travelling on a roundabout has priority over a driver entering it. Drivers entering a multi-lane roundabout must also follow the applicable lane markings and traffic signs.

Drivers must give way to pedestrians at pedestrian crossings in accordance with the traffic rules. Pedestrians must also make sure that they can enter and cross the carriageway safely rather than stepping suddenly into the path of a vehicle.

Yes. When traffic stops or queues on a motorway or expressway, drivers must immediately create an emergency corridor. Vehicles in the leftmost lane move as far left as possible, while vehicles in all other lanes move as far right as possible.

Normally no. Driving, stopping or parking on the emergency lane or motorway shoulder is prohibited except in an emergency or when providing necessary assistance.

Required vehicle equipment includes a warning triangle, first-aid kit and reflective safety garment, together with prescribed equipment for dealing with a damaged tyre. A set of spare bulbs is also required where applicable to the vehicle's lighting system.

A train has priority over all road users. Drivers must stop when signals announce an approaching train, barriers are closing or closed, or an authorised railway worker orders traffic to stop; at an unprotected crossing, do not cross until you are certain no train is approaching.