Driving in Slovenia from the UK 

I didn't know that, thank you.

> the sign with the town name generally means 50km/h Shouldn't there be a white sign with buildings for that? I live in Serbia and yellow sings with city names here seem to only announce the beginning of the city area, however only white signs with buildings state that traffic rules for city zone (50 km/h, no excessive signaling, e.t.c.) apply. And they stop working when the buildings are crossed.

​@@TehDuckOfDoomWe have a separate white "town zone" sign and green "town name" sign in Poland. When I went to Germany for the first time I was confused by the yellow all-in-one sign and I basically flew into town from a curve at 100kmh. I immediately went hard on the brakes when I saw all the buildings. I find it weird that it isn't taught in driving schools. We have pretty much everything intuitively similar, except this one thing which has a few variants. Few times I've seen foreign drivers slow down, while passing our "town name" signs. So it seems like an international problem. Most people will learn about it quickly, but why risk them getting a ticket or even worse hitting someone.

​@@TehDuckOfDoom Actually not, as the original comment says, if the sign for the town has a black border it also means that you've entered an urban area. There is a similar sign, however, that has a village name and is also yellow but it's a bit smaller and doesn't have a border. This sign doesn't mean you've entered an urban area.

its fine

I plan to soon.

In addition to that, it is also illegal if carriageways are physically separated or divided by a continuous dividing line.

They are!

will i still need to register with the local police if i dont stay in the country and just drive thru? and any tips for driving in croatia or bosnia?

I think all counties in EU and Europe require a vignette. In Switzerland it's like 40 franks... :D

@@LeoStep93 I dont really know. I have only driven here,in Austria and Czech rep. so far and did not research it in other countries. But if i remember correctly Germany has free driving on the autobahn and does not require a vignette for it,so its not the same everyehere. 😉

@@LeoStep93 Swiss requires stickers.. while everywhere else it's been digital for years smh

@@LeoStep93 No, not at all "all EU countries" need a sticker. Here in Belgium, you definitely don't need to but need to be sure not to drive with a old car in a low emissions zone. It's going to get even more complicated btw when 2025 hits, oof. The same goes for Netherlands, France and Spain. Though I don't know about low emission zone in Spain, Netherlands it's the same as belgium, through cameras but France requires stickers for the low emission zones and it is also crazy complicated what province allows what type of "Euro" norm of cars. I forgot how much it costs, something like 10 euros and it's only done throug the government website, if i'm not mistaken. Oh yeah, you've got France Toll, but that was nothing new 😆

@@hadiamrane thanks, TIL

I will do soon.

I hope so too

@@RichardFanders Richard, do not! There is the war there and you can see absolutely dark towns and cities - this is because of russians attack by missiles mostly at nights. Moreover, after the war is over ( nobody knows when for sure) it will take years to rebuild the towns and get the whole country clear off explosives.

Thank you for watching. I actually go to Poland quite often as my girlfriend is Polish but I've never driven there. Will do soon I guess.

​@@RichardFanders Haha, yes, I guessed so, because you mentioned your girlfriend's first name in earlier videos, and it's fairly distinctly Polish, I think. I hope you enjoy driving in Poland, although I predict my country's road safety status is probably lower than that of Slovenia, unfortunately. Since I don't get to drive much nowadays, I'm afraid there's not much in the way of tips or useful information that I can pass along -- also, as you visit Poland quite often, you probably know most stuff already. As I mentioned, I think most of what you said about the salient points of Slovenian rode code apply to its Polish counterpart. I don't think vehicle passengers need to be supplied with the yellow vests, though. But emergency triangle is obligatory, and I was quite surprised that, apparently, it isn't obligatory in the UK. One thing that Poland stands out on, in terms of road regulations, is our speed limits on express roads and motorways: it's 120 kph and 140 kph respectively. Thanks again for the video!

​@@barsorrroActually, technically you aren't required to carry reflective vests but you must put them on if you've broken down or had an accident and you have to walk on the carriageway. I don't think passengers need reflective vests if they leave the road immediately, but it's still recommended that they do have reflective vests.

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@@RichardFanders thank you very much

I'm sorry to hear about the floods. We got a lot of storms but were lucky as we seemed to miss the worst of it as it was raining when we were driving or in the apartment. The lighting was scary bad though.

@@RichardFanders Yes absolutely, the past three weeks were absolutely horrid. I don't know exactly when you were here but around 2-3 weeks ago there was a huge landslide that brought an entire hill down into the valley, noone was injured, a wooden granary was completely destroyed and me and my girlfriend watched it happen from start to finish (she lives across the river), it was horrifying to see what mother nature can do if she wants.

giving a slight amount of gas while going up to the bite point makes it much smoother and easier.

@@Sike55 maybe, but I want his opinion, because I know he is a good driver and Iwant to learn from a good driver.

It depends on the car and how fast I'm trying to drive. Generally it's bite point then power when upshifting but it's almost at the same time.

@@RichardFanders thank you for the answer. Let's say you wanna go full speed, you are releasing clutch while pressing on gas, and then pausing on bite point? I am very thankful for your answer.

It's my girlfriend's car, I think it's fantastic, my favourite car for long trips and incredibly relaxing to drive. It's the 1.8

@@RichardFanders Thanks mate, always learn something new and useful from your clips🙏

Nice

Nice

Thank you, it's my girlfriend's car.

Just Slovenia for this one. It was a bit much doing all the videos last time so I kept it to one.

@RichardFanders no worries, I'm glad you had a nice holiday.

You can jaywalk if you are further than 100m from a pedestrian crossing. If there are no pavements for pedestrians, you must walk on the left side of the road in the direction of walking (towards traffic) . Walking with bike is done on the right side of the road (with traffic), but you must have the bike on your left side.

Jaywalking is more about crossing the road instead of using pedestrian crossing when they are available. Out of urban areas and away from pedestrian crossings it doesn't apply. I should have made this more clear.

@@RichardFanders thanks for that Richard 👍.

@@tampatu thanks for that 👍

​ You can cross the road without a crossing if you are further than 100 m from the nearest crossing. Edit: but you must not cross the road if the carriageways are physically separated or if they're divided by a continuous dividing line.

Yes, it gets really busy close to Ljubljana, because many people from all over the country work in Ljubljana but can't afford an apartment in Ljubljana (they're very expensive).

We like it because it's relaxing, economical, comfortable and has lots of space. Also has plenty of tech and handles surprisingly well on a back road. The engine is not fun though but we knew that and it's not it's purpose for us. Fuel economy is a priority for my other half.

@@RichardFanders yup. Would agree with that. Was yours a 1.5 normally aspirated non hybrid petrol

Yes, exiting a roundabout is allowed only from the outer lane, except if road signs or road markings say otherwise. Also, it's not mandatory to use the inner lane even if you're taking an exit that's past the first exit (except if road signs or marking say otherwise, of course). But it's recommended that you do that because it improves traffic flow.

There is plenty of caves in Slovenia, 14.851 to be precise, but only 21 are available to tourists. I would recomend Škocjan Caves which are under UNESCO.

I will do soon.

I think it is, but I have a video about that coming soon.

If your vehicle has daytime running lights, you can use them instead of dipped beam during the day. Using front or rear fog lights is only allowed if the visibility is less than 50 m. Driving with side lights only is not allowed. Yes, this is his girlfriend's car.

You need dipped beams although it seems most people are just using day time running lights so maybe this rule is slowly getting out of date. Yes, it's Gosia's car.

Just curious because in South Africa only a handful of cars have day time running lights. What some people do is they put led's in their cars headlight(Low and high beams and side lights) even their fog lights and use the led's as day time running lights. Congratulations on the new car.

​@@morndrewitbooi1896in Slovenia we are all used to driving with dipped beam headlights during day all the way since 1998, and very few people ignore it / forget to turn on the lights, so we're very used to it.

Yes, in Slovenia the number for the police is 113 for example.

Still have the MX5. The Corolla is my girlfriend's car.

Brilliant car, I will review it when I have time.

It's her car, I will try to review it as soon as I get time.

In the future I do plan to do one.

I cetrainly would like to.

I guess to see danger approaching from the left without dazzling oncoming vehicles.

​​Yes, this is to illuminate the side of the road better and further ahead so that you can see any obstacles, pedestrians or cyclists more easily.

I still have it, this is my girl friend's car.

@@RichardFanders Super

As long as they dont drive much below speed limit that shouldnt be an issue. As Slovene i can say that there is hardly something more anoying than locals who think that they can drive 20km/h over the speed limit just because they "know these roads with their eyes closed" and then get nervous and agressive when people with different licence plates follow the rules.

@amberanubis8336 whennyou are driving 30 in a 90 I would consider that being pretty much.

​@@amberanubis8336driving too slow is also a traffic violation, same as driving too fast...

It's for urban areas when there is a crossing available. Slovenia was a pleasant place to spend time.

We have enough cross walks

You can cross the street anywhere where a crossing is more than 100m away in any direction. Exceptions are any kind of highways or if there is a continuous white line separating the directions. In any way.. better to just use the crossing. There are enough of them.

@@quikee9195 Ah, that makes sense. Thank you.

@@RichardFanders Thanks

possibly his other half's new car :)

I don't see the hate I have a toyota corolla estate that does average of 71mpg and it got 94k miles on and never had a problem with it

@@GameWithViiP3R Absolutely love Toyota, I have a lexus ls600h (shocking suspension maintainance costs), and a 94 supra mk4. Just most brits don't get them/like them, thought richard was more of a german guy.

My girlfriend's car. It's fantastic for relaxation and long drives.

Because of brexit

@miltiadisorfanidis7489 The name of the island did not change because of brexit🤔

@@itsme-sn5gi I’m not saying that, I’m saying that brexit has caused the GB to no longer be accepted on British number plates. Before brexit all British number plates had the GB with the euro flag, know post brexit the EU no longer accepts GB, they accept UK. It is like this because of the brexit deal which was created which basically keeps Northern Ireland in the EU but it technically is not and the rest completely out and isolated from the EU. If Northern Ireland completely left the EU like the rest of the country on the same conditions then GB would still be recognised but there would definitely have been a hard border between Northern Ireland and the republic. It’s just they way the brexit deal came about behind the reason why GB is no longer accepted.

@@miltiadisorfanidis7489 Doesn't GB technically in full stand for Great Britain and Northern Ireland!

@@itsme-sn5gi yes it does but because of the brexit deal Northern Ireland follows EU regulations while the rest of the Uk does not which is why GB is no longer accepted by the EU. I know it sounds dumb but the whole brexit idea is dumb

If only you saw the traffic jams in Slovenia...

@@lovrito2008 Well. I am actually from Slovenia. In jebešmumater angleži imajo krizo tam, niti približno tako kot pri nas. Naše ceste so za njih majka mila.