Traffic Regulations and Road Signs: Reading the Road Correctly
Priority and sign hierarchy
Bosnian traffic rules follow a clear hierarchy: police officers override traffic lights, traffic lights override signs, and signs override general priority rules. A candidate must know that a sign such as "stop" requires a full stop at the stop line even when the road appears empty, while a yield sign requires giving way without necessarily stopping. The classic trap is a question describing an intersection with both a stop sign and a traffic light: the light governs unless an officer is directing traffic.
Sign families
Learn the sign families by shape and colour: triangular warning signs, circular prohibitions, circular blue mandatory signs, rectangular information signs, and supplementary plates that modify the sign above them. Supplementary plates are a frequent trap, because a parking sign with a plate showing a time range or a vehicle symbol changes the meaning completely.
Speed, distance and markings
Know the default limits, the meaning of solid and broken lines, and the rule that a solid line may not be crossed. Safety distance is often tested as a time gap rather than metres, so remember the two-second rule as a baseline and double it in rain or on gravel.
Worked example
At an unmarked intersection, two vehicles arrive at the same moment from different roads. The general rule is to give way to the vehicle approaching from the right. If one road is gravel and the other paved, the vehicle on gravel gives way regardless of side. Apply the more specific rule first: surface type, then signed priority, then the right-hand rule.