ExpresswaySerbia
Traffic rules
Serbia
1. Expressway
An expressway is a road intended to carry through traffic efficiently, usually at higher speeds than ordinary roads. Expressways often have limited access, multiple lanes, separated carriageways or grade-separated junctions, but their design and legal status vary between countries.
An expressway is not always a motorway. It may have intersections, traffic lights or direct access, and the permitted road users, speed limits and special rules depend on local signs and regulations.
How do people refer to an expressway in Serbia?
The Serbian term is motoput, written мотопут in Cyrillic. It is a separate road category from a motorway.
Start of an expressway.
English • Traffic sign III-69 • Expressway. Marks the beginning of an expressway.
Српски • III-69 • Мотопут. Означава место одакле почиње мотопут.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org (Gigillo83 • CC BY-SA 4.0)
🔗 Pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs • Правилник о саобраћајној сигнализацији • важећи текст • члан 35, тачка 74
🔗 Reg.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs • Службени приказ • III-69
SVG source: Gigillo83 • CC BY-SA 4.0 • Original revision 2025-05-18. Wikimedia original unmodified.
End of the expressway.
English • Traffic sign III-69.1 • End of expressway. Marks the end of the expressway.
Српски • III-69.1 • Завршетак мотопута. Означава место на коме се завршава мотопут.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org (Gigillo83 • CC BY-SA 4.0)
🔗 Pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs • Правилник о саобраћајној сигнализацији • важећи текст • члан 35, тачка 75
🔗 Reg.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs • Службени приказ • III-69.1
SVG source: Gigillo83 • CC BY-SA 4.0 • Original revision 2025-05-18. Wikimedia original unmodified.
What speed limit applies to cars on an expressway in Serbia?
Outside built-up areas, the general maximum for an ordinary car on an expressway is 100 km/h. Follow lower signs and any lower vehicle-specific limit.
Who may use an expressway in Serbia?
Expressways normally admit eligible motorcycles, passenger cars, goods vehicles and buses, with or without trailers. The vehicle must have a design maximum speed of at least 50 km/h. Pedestrians, bicycles and other excluded categories cannot use the road.
Which lane should I normally use on a Serbian expressway?
On a road with several lanes in your direction, use the rightmost traffic lane, except for overtaking or when that lane is occupied by a queue of vehicles. The emergency lane is not an ordinary traffic lane. Escorted vehicles and vehicles with priority may use it when the other lanes are occupied; road-maintenance and works vehicles may use it while carrying out their work. Where there are at least three lanes in your direction, goods vehicles over 3,500 kg maximum authorised mass and vehicle combinations longer than 7 metres may use only the two right-hand lanes.
