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Driving in Slovenia: the three basics
Drives on the
right
The driver sits on the left and overtakes on the left. Roundabouts turn anticlockwise.
Your licence
EU licence is enough
An EU, EEA or Swiss licence is valid as it stands. A licence from anywhere else works alongside an International Driving Permit, which hire desks and police expect to see.
Motorways
Vignette
Motorways are paid for with a time-based vignette bought before you join one, not at a barrier. Driving a motorway without it is a fine, and the check is usually automatic.
The e-vinjeta is electronic; there is no sticker and no booth, and driving a motorway without one is caught by camera.
Slovenia's e-vinjeta is electronic and camera-enforced, and the country is small enough to cross on one tank.
An electronic vignette with no sticker and no barrier, enforced entirely by camera.
Buy the e-vinjeta before the first motorway. Weekly, monthly and annual versions exist, and the weekly one covers most visits.
The alcohol limit is 0.5 g/l, and zero for drivers with less than three years' experience.
Winter equipment is compulsory from 15 November to 15 March - winter tyres, or summer tyres with chains on board.
Dipped headlights are compulsory day and night.
The country is 250 km across. A hire car from Ljubljana reaches Piran, Bled and the Vipava valley inside a day each, which is why the weekly vignette usually suffices.
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