Draft:Traffic signs in the former Yugoslav states
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Road signs in the former Yugoslav states Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia (including partially recognized Kosovo) and Slovenia are similar to road signs used in Yugoslavia before its breakup in 1992 and they generally comply with the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, as in many European countries.
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Road signs of the former Yugoslav states are largely similar to the road sign system used in the former Yugoslavia as these countries were part of Yugoslavia before its breakup in 1991-1992. After Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia became independent states, each of these countries adopted its own road sign standard. These 6 countries are signatories to the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals.
All former Yugoslav states drive on the right, as in the rest of Europe (except for Cyprus, Ireland, Malta, and the United Kingdom). Each of these countries also use metric system; thus speed limits are in kilometres per hour, and distances are in kilometres or metres.
The road signs in the former Yugoslav states are regulated in the following documents for each of them:
Country | Document |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | Pravilnik o saobraćajnim znakovima i signalizaciji na cestama[1] |
Croatia | Pravilnik o prometnim znakovima signalizaciji i opremi na cestama[2] |
Montenegro | Pravilnik o saobraćajnoj signalizaciji[3] |
North Macedonia | Правилник за сообраќајните знаци, опрема и сигнализација на патот / Pravilnik za soobraḱajnite znaci, oprema i signalizacija na patot[4] |
Serbia | Закон о безбедности саобраћаја на путевима / Zakon o bezbednosti saobraćaja na putevima[5] |
Slovenia | Pravilnik o prometni signalizaciji in prometni opremi na cestah[6] |
The road signs in the former Yugoslav states are divided in 4 categories, except for Macedonia which has 5 categories of road signs. The following table below shows names of traffic sign categories in the languages of the former Yugoslavia states in accordance with the traffic sign standards of these countries:
Category | ||||||
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | Croatia | Montenegro | North Macedonia | Serbia | Slovenia | |
Warning signs | Znakovi opasnosti | Znakovi opasnosti | Znakovi opasnosti | Знаци за опасност Znaci za opasnost |
Знакови опасности Znakovi opasnosti |
Znaki za nevarnost |
Explicit order signs | Znakovi izričitih naredbi | Znakovi izričitih naredbi | Znakovi izričitih naredbi | Знаци за изречни наредби Znaci za izrečni naredbi |
Знакови изричитих наредби Znakovi izričitih naredbi |
Znaki za izrecne odredbe |
General notice signs | Znakovi obavještenja | Znakovi obavijesti | Opšti znakovi obaveštenja | Знаци за известување Znaci za izvestuvanje (Notice signs) |
Општи знакови обавештења Opšti znakovi obaveštenja |
Znaki za obvestila |
Знаци за известување и водење на сообраќајот Znaci za izvestuvanje i vodenje na soobraḱajot (Notice and traffic control signs) | ||||||
Additional signs | Dopunske table | Dopunske ploče | Dopunske table | Дополнителни табли Dopolnitelni tabli |
Допунске табле Dopunske table |
Dopolnilne table |
NOTE: Prohibitory, mandatory signs, Give way, and Stop signs in the former Yugoslav states are categorized as Explicit order signs (Znakovi izričitih naredbi in Serbo-Croatian). Also, Priority road and End of priority road are categorized as Notice signs (Знаци за известување in Macedonian, Opšti znakovi obaveštenja in Serbo-Croatian).