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==== Bus 31 ====
Take bus no. 31 from the city centre (from the squares ''Trg Studentski'' or ''Trg Slavia'') or in front of the large McDonalds), until you get to the intersection of the streets ''Ustanička'' and ''Vojislava Ilića'' (ask someone in the bus for the stop ''Shumice'', but in case you miss is it two stops before the last - on the right you will see a pekarna pekara and its a bigger intersection after going uphill for a while). Turn around and go left, walk to the bridge, cross it, go downstairs, and walk around 150m to the right from the bridge. There you will find a on-ramp to the motorway, and it is the spot from where you can hitchhike towards the toll station. (Alternatively you can walk down the motorway for a couple of hundred meters further and talk to people on a gas station. This might work better, because many people using the on-ramp are not leaving Belgrade).) You should have sign which says "RAMPA" (toll station) in order to get a lift, otherwise you risk staying there for a long time. It is possible that someone who is not going to the toll station, but to Leštane will give you lift, but it is no problem, since after he turns, you have only 10 minutes on foot to the toll station. Once you reach the toll station, it is easy to get direct rides all the way to Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia or even Turkey if the driver allows you to sleep the night in his truck.
* ''[[User:Nero12|Nero12]] (July 2011) Yup, it works great.''
* ''[[User:Rozwal|Rozwal]] (October 2011) had a sign RAMPA and got a ride with a man going out of the highway just before Rampa so the sign proved very very useful.''
There are 2 ways to Sarajevo, one through Čačak-Uzice, a bit south, the other one more direct but not written on online maps... The one through Čačak worked well for us. Take bus 53 from the green open market called "Zelena pijaca" in the center, to the last station. Then just follow the street for one minute, turn right, here is the exit to the motorway, climb up the bridge and try to hitchhike there, there is some place for cars to pull over, but in Serbia when they want to stop the car the dont really need a proper place ;). It seems that buses 531, 532, 533 go further, but it's not really needed, and they might be regional buses. Use signs ČA and/or UE (ČaČak-Uzice).
This way through Čačak-Uzice is not the fastest but in t0ma5´s opinion very interesting, it will take you 6-7 hours to reach Sarajevo and before leaving Serbia you will pass near by GuČa, where a crazy Balkan music festival takes place every summer and just before the Bosnian border is Mokra Gora, the ethno village that the filmmaker Kustorica Kusturica made for his movie, Life is a Miracle, you can visit it in few hours if you have the times but there is entrance fee.
After Uzice there is not much traffic going to Bosnia since after the border and before Sarajevo there is not any big city, so if you get a ride the driver will probably take u all the way to Sarajevo :)
== Blackriding ==
Controllers wear a standard navy blue suit and tie, in Belgrade, and it's said that if you're riding the trams daily you might encounter one controller in a week, or two weeks.
You can skip them just standing on the door and leaving the bus or just tell them that you don't have any ID.
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Spent two weeks riding all day every day - saw them coming like a great light in the night. Elephantson (jeremie) 2010
it seems Controllors are going into the vehicles with a mini computer for checking your e-cards (cards are called BusPlus). Normal BusPlus cards are blue coloured and they started wearing civilian clothes againhave red ones. When you spot them, i saw just ignore them yesterdayand leave on the next stop. marko bg
June 2010. they have green - yellow fluorescent shirts so it`s easy to see them. January 2011 - Still wearing the fluorescent jackets coming in groups of 3 or 4 at the same time. Saw them working even on Saturday morning but always near the center, they don't go too far.  April 2011 - Still in fluorescent jackets. Always in groups of 4. Actually very difficult to be controlled, even if you want to be. Have lived in Belgrade for nearly 2 years, and have been controlled maybe 10 times. In the unlikely event that you're controlled, simply get off when they get on - you can't miss them. If you're asleep, speak English and say you have no ID. [[UserEdited by CCira :T0ma5|t0ma5]])
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