Driving licence

British driving licence with a photograph is valid in Slovenia. Please make sure that you carry a driver's licence, registration and insurance documents at all times. All these documents must be originals. Check the validity of your driving licence. 

Toll stickers

Please note that toll stickers are mandatory for all vehicles under 3.5 tones weight.

Slovenian motorways can be used with weekly, monthly and yearlyvignettes, and half-year vignette, valid with motorcycles only. 

The weekly stickers cost EUR 15, the monthly ones EUR 30, whileannual vignettes can be purchased for EUR 95. Motorcycles will haveweekly and annual vignettes at half the price,while half-yearly stickers for motorcycles will cost EUR 25.

Toll stickers are available at 1,500 locations in Slovenia and at 580 locations in Slovenia's neighbouring countries.

More information available at the Motorway Company website.

Insurance

Third party liability insurance is required for all vehicles; coverage is purchased locally.

Local traffic rules

Drivers should keep headlights on at all times and observe speed limits. Fines for exceeding the speed limit are high and have to be paid on the spot. Drivers should be aware that certain driving laws differ in Slovenia. For example, Speed limits are: on Motorway 130 km/h, main trunk roads 90 km/h, urban area 50 km/h. Winter tyres are mandatory from 15 November to 15 March. Drivers and passengers must wear seat belts. Children under the age of 12 years are not permitted to sit in the front seat of the vehicle.

Cargo traffic

In the Republic of Slovenia, the traffic of cargo vehicles and groups of vehicles whose maximum permissible weight exceeds 7,500 kg, and tractors, rototillers, movable working machinery, animal-drawn vehicles and articulated vehicles with platform, is restricted on certain roads. General traffic restriction apply on Friday preceding the Easter Monday from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m., and on Sundays, holidays and other free days from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.