Draft:Traffic signs in the former Yugoslav states

Road signs in the former Yugoslav states Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia (including partially recognized Kosovo) and Slovenia are similar to road signs used in Yugoslavia before its breakup in 1992 and they generally comply with the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, as in many European countries.

Road signs of the former Yugoslav states are largely similar to the road sign system used in the former Yugoslavia as these countries were part of Yugoslavia before its breakup in 1991-1992. After Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia became independent states, each of these countries adopted its own road sign standard. These 6 countries are signatories to the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals.

All former Yugoslav states drive on the right, as in the rest of Europe (except for Cyprus, Ireland, Malta, and the United Kingdom). Each of these countries also use metric system; thus speed limits are in kilometres per hour, and distances are in kilometres or metres.

The road signs in the former Yugoslav states are regulated in the following documents for each of them: The road signs in the former Yugoslav states are divided in 4 categories, except for Macedonia which has 5 categories of road signs. The following table below shows names of traffic sign categories in the languages of the former Yugoslavia states in accordance with the traffic sign standards of these countries: NOTE: Prohibitory, mandatory signs, Give way, and Stop signs in the former Yugoslav states are categorized as Explicit order signs (Znakovi izričitih naredbi in Serbo-Croatian). Also, Priority road and End of priority road are categorized as Notice signs (Знаци за известување in Macedonian, Opšti znakovi obaveštenja in Serbo-Croatian).

Differences between traffic signs in former Yugoslav states
There may be variations in the former Yugoslav states' road signs despite the fact that many of them adopted the road sign system used in the former Yugoslavia prior to its breakup in 1991-1992. The main differences between traffic signs in former Yugoslav states relate to:


 * graphic design details,
 * local regulatory significance,
 * the colour-coding of directional signs,
 * arrow shapes.
 * In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia and Slovenia, the arrow shape on road signs is similar to road signs in Germany and different from road signs in Serbia and Montenegro.
 * Local language texts
 * Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia only use Latin script on road signs while Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Serbia use both Cyrillic and Latin script on road signs. However, bilingual road signs may be subject to language conflict and are often vandalized. For example, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyrillic inscriptions on road signs are painted over, and in Kosovo, Serbian inscriptions are painted over.
 * In the coastal regions of Slovenia, Slovene and Italian are used on road signs, namely in the names of settlements and objects. These two languages are used in road signs in Slovenian resorts due to their proximity to neighboring Italy on the Adriatic coast.

Typefaces in texts
Almost all ex-Yugoslavia countries use the SNV typeface on road signs. In some cases, if using the SNV typeface is impossible, the Arial Bold typeface may be used on road signs instead since this sans-serif font is included with all PCs running Windows and Mac OS.