Give way to oncoming trafficSlovakia
Traffic rules
Slovakia
1. Give way to oncoming traffic
Give way to oncoming traffic means that drivers must allow vehicles approaching from the opposite direction to pass first through a narrow section of road. The rule is normally indicated by a sign facing the direction that must yield and a corresponding priority sign facing oncoming traffic.
Drivers must reduce speed and stop when necessary before entering the narrow passage. They may continue only when they can do so safely and without obstructing oncoming traffic that has priority.
When must I give way to oncoming traffic in Slovakia?
Where priority signs, temporary signals or an authorised controller in Slovakia require your direction to yield at a narrow road or bridge, allow opposing traffic through first. Do not assume every narrowing has the same priority arrangement.
🔗 static.slov-lex.sk • Act 8/2009 section 18; Decree signs 114,203,304
🔗 static.slov-lex.sk • Supporting official source
Road narrowing, give way to oncoming drivers.
English • Traffic sign 203 • Priority for oncoming vehicles. The sign requires the driver to give way to oncoming vehicles.
Slovenčina • Dopravná značka 203 • Prednosť protiidúcich vozidiel. Značka ukladá vodičovi povinnosť dať prednosť v jazde protiidúcim vozidlám.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Static.slov-lex.sk • Vyhláška č. 30/2020 Z. z. • značka 203 • znenie účinné od 31. 3. 2024
SVG source: Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic • Public domain • Original revision 2010-08-25. Wikimedia original unmodified.
Does a road-narrows warning automatically give oncoming traffic priority in Slovakia?
Not necessarily. A warning of a narrow carriageway is not itself the same as an instruction to give way. Check whether there is a separate priority sign, signal or temporary traffic control, and take account of any rules for an obstruction on your side.
🔗 static.slov-lex.sk • Act 8/2009 section 18; Decree signs 114,203,304
What if an oncoming vehicle is already entering a narrow passage in Slovakia?
Reduce speed and wait where you can do so safely rather than forcing two vehicles into insufficient space. Even if a sign gives your approach priority, that does not justify a collision or endangering another road user.
🔗 static.slov-lex.sk • Act 8/2009 section 18; Decree signs 114,203,304
