Give way to oncoming trafficBosnia and Herzegovina
Traffic rules
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Where priority signs, temporary signals or an authorised controller in Bosnia and Herzegovina 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.
🔗 mup.ks.gov.ba • Official gazette 35/2026 — full enacted amendment, Sarajevo Police copy
🔗 sluzbenilist.ba • Official Gazette — 35/2026 amendment, operative text and commencement
🔗 jpdcfbh.ba • JP Ceste FBiH — official rulebook index and source provenance
Road narrowing, give way to oncoming drivers.
English • Traffic sign II-39 • Priority for oncoming vehicles. Do not enter the narrow section before oncoming vehicles have passed through it.
Bosanski • II-39 • Prednost prolaska za vozila iz suprotnog smjera. Zabranjen pristup uskom dijelu ceste prije nego što njime prođu vozila iz suprotnog smjera.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org (JankoBot56 • CC BY-SA 4.0)
🔗 Ms.ks.gov.ba • Pravilnik o saobraćajnim znakovima • član 29, tačka 39
Replacement SVG: Commons.wikimedia.org • Wikimedia Commons original • Government of Slovenia • Public domain • Original revision 2014-05-13. Wikimedia original unmodified.
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Government of Slovenia • Public domain • Source revision 2014-05-13. Wikimedia original unmodified.
Does a road-narrows warning automatically give oncoming traffic priority in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
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.
🔗 mup.ks.gov.ba • Official gazette 35/2026 — full enacted amendment, Sarajevo Police copy
🔗 sluzbenilist.ba • Official Gazette — 35/2026 amendment, operative text and commencement
🔗 jpdcfbh.ba • JP Ceste FBiH — official rulebook index and source provenance
What if an oncoming vehicle is already entering a narrow passage in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
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.
🔗 mup.ks.gov.ba • Official gazette 35/2026 — full enacted amendment, Sarajevo Police copy
🔗 sluzbenilist.ba • Official Gazette — 35/2026 amendment, operative text and commencement
🔗 jpdcfbh.ba • JP Ceste FBiH — official rulebook index and source provenance
