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Driving in Serbia: the three basics

Drives on the
right

The driver sits on the left and overtakes on the left. Roundabouts turn anticlockwise.

Your licence
Licence plus an IDP

Your own licence works with an International Driving Permit beside it. Get the permit at home before you fly - no country issues one for another country's licence.

Motorways
Tolls by distance

Motorways charge for the distance driven, at barriers or by camera. Budget for it on a long drive; it is rarely trivial.

Serbian motorways are tolled at booths, and a foreign car needs a green card insurance certificate.

Toll booths on the corridor motorways, and green card insurance at the border.

  • A green card is required for a foreign-registered car. Without one, insurance is sold at the border crossing at a price that is not competitive.
  • The E75 and E70 motorways are tolled at conventional booths taking cash and cards.
  • The alcohol limit is 0.2 g/l, and zero for professional and new drivers.
  • Dipped headlights are compulsory day and night, all year.
  • Winter equipment is required from 1 November to 1 April - winter tyres, plus chains carried for mountain roads.
  • Belgrade parking works by SMS in zoned streets, and a foreign number often cannot use it - the machines and kiosks are the alternative.

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