Priority over oncoming trafficBosnia and Herzegovina
Traffic rules
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1. Priority over oncoming traffic
Priority over oncoming traffic means that drivers travelling in one direction have priority through a narrow section of road over drivers approaching from the opposite direction. The rule is normally indicated by a priority sign facing one direction and a corresponding give-way sign facing the other.
Drivers with priority must still approach cautiously and must not force their way through when the passage is blocked or already occupied. The signs regulate priority through the narrow section, not speed, parking or priority at nearby intersections.
How is priority over oncoming traffic controlled in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Where the installed priority controls give your direction precedence at a narrow section, opposing traffic must yield as indicated. Read the actual controls and the Traffic Safety Law’s meeting provisions; the narrowing warning alone does not assign precedence.
🔗 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
Can you enter an occupied narrow passage when you have priority in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Do not force a conflict. Check the full available width and let a vehicle already committed to the passage clear it when both vehicles cannot pass safely. A priority control does not permit creating danger or disregarding a red signal or authorised instruction.
🔗 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
Does priority through a narrow passage extend to nearby junctions in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
No. A control releasing your direction or giving priority over opposing traffic concerns that passage. Junction priority, speed limits, crossings and any later restriction must be assessed separately from their own signs and rules.
🔗 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, oncoming drivers have to give way.
English • Traffic sign III-1 • Priority over oncoming vehicles. Vehicles travelling in this direction have priority at the narrow passage.
Bosanski • III-1 • Prvenstvo prolaza u odnosu na vozila iz suprotnog smjera. Na uskom prolazu vozila iz ovog smjera imaju prvenstvo prolaza u odnosu na vozila koja dolaze iz suprotnog smjera.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Ms.ks.gov.ba • Pravilnik o saobraćajnim znakovima • član 36, tačka 1
Replacement SVG: Commons.wikimedia.org • Wikimedia Commons original • Government of Slovenia • Public domain • Original revision 2014-05-14. Wikimedia original unmodified.
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Government of Slovenia • Public domain • Source revision 2014-05-14. Wikimedia original unmodified.
