Vignette in Austria - payment method for all paid roads. We will tell in detail how much the vignette is in Austria, where to buy it, where it acts and where the cost of the passage is not covered with vignette.

Quality Austrian roads, being one of the guarantors of safe roadThe fact that very many tourists prefer to travel around the country by car - their own or rented. But a reasonable question arises - is it necessary to pay for such quality? Of course yes.

High quality roads in Austria leads to the fact that quite a large number of the most loaded tracks are paid. It is for driving on such roads a special sticker resolution is required - vignette.

Interactive map of Austria's paid roads.

If you are planning to travel in Austria on your car between large cities, then you see, the vignette will still have to buy - paid roads on the map are marked with gray. But without vignette, you can still do, if you do not go to the paid roads. But the quality of free roads may be a little worse.

Let's just say that it will not work "slip" without vignette. And even naive drivers that refer to the fact that there is no Russian or other base in Austria foreign carsAnd that therefore they will not get a fine, you have to pay. How it works?

All Austria's paid roads are equipped with all-seeing cameras, which, registering the "hare", report a message to the nearest road patrol. If not immediately, then in time you will still stop.

Roads with extra payment

In Austria, there are also several parts of the roads, the construction of which was very expensive, which led to the fact that the cost of vignette does not cover the cost of travel through such sites. On the map of paid roads above these sites are designated in blue. Some panoramic roads require additional payment.

Payment of all additional areas of roads is usually produced in place.

Who needs vignette in Austria

Recall that we think about whether the vignette in Austria is needed, travelers are only if you plan to travel either on your car, or by car rented in the next country (pay attention to the features of acquired insurance - it may not cover risks in other country).

If you rent a car in Austria, then with a probability of 99%, all the necessary stickers will already be passed on it to move freely on all paid roads. The only thing to clarify is whether it will be necessary to pay for the passage of some tracks where additional payment is provided in addition to the obligatory vignette.

How much is the vignette in Austria

Vignette in Austria is 3 types: for 10 days, for 2 months and a year, also vignette prices are born for motorcycles and for passenger carsmobile Weighing up to 3.5 tons. The cost of vignette in Austria in 2019 is as follows:

• For 10 days - 9.20 € for passenger cars and 5.30 € for motorcycles. Valid from 00:00 o'clock in the day specified in Vignette, until 24:00 10 in the account of the day;
• For 2 months - 26.80 € for cars and 13.40 € for motorcycles. The first day of action also, as in the case of a 10-day sticker, is noted when purchasing. Specifies from 00:00 hours of the first day to 24:00 last day;
• For a year - 89.20 € for cars and 35.50 € for motorcycles. In fact, the annual vignette 2019 will be valid for 14 months - from December 1, 2018 to January 31, 2020, and so every year. If you buy an annual vignette in the middle of the year, then it will not work out its validity.

J - annual, M - for 2 months, T - for 10 days. Categories T / C A and B, respectively.

Where to buy Vigatka

Living in Russia, we are accustomed to the fact that there are always checkpoints on paying roads (or almost always), where the passage for travel is made. Payment of roads in Austria is arranged differently - about buying vignettes you need to take care of yourself.

If you entered the territory of Austria without vignette, then the right solution will be stopped at the nearest refueling, where you can buy a cherished sticker.

What if I will go late at night, and the refueling will be closed? What if the registering device I meet earlier than the first refueling of the border?

Austrian vignette can be bought not only in the Austria itself, on the territory of the border countries - Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Slovakia.

All points of sale both in Austria (including Vienna, Salzburg and various regions of the country) and in other countries (including Switzerland, Slovenia and the rest of the countries) can be found. In total, more than 6 thousand points of sales of vignettes are organized in Austria and other countries.

It is not very convenient that all the information is given by the list, and not on the map, so they first look at the map of the city, which will pass, and then find them in the list.

How to mount vignette

Vignette just to just buy. It needs to be correctly attached so that the registering devices can read the data of your vignette.

Even if you pay vignette, but attach it wrong, you will get a fine.

Vignette needs to be attached to inner The windshield so that it was clearly visible at any angle. ASFINAG, a company that is responsible for organizing paid roads in Austria, recommends glue vignette on the left side of the car or in the middle, closer to the rear view mirror.

At the same time, it is impossible to mount the sticker on the sunscreen strip, if it is - glue sticker below.

As for motorcycles, the sticker is advised to be attached to either on the front fork, or on the side of the gas tank. The main requirement is the item on which the vignette is attached, it should be well fixed, that is, it is impossible to simply remove and replace it yourself.

You can not roll the vignette on the trunk or the side bag of the motorcycle.

Penalty for riding without vignette

According to ASFINAG, a penalty for riding in Austria without vignette in 2019 is 120 € for cars and 65 € for motorcycles. If it is discovered that you wanted to take any manipulation with the sticker (substitution of the sticker, change the date of the start of action, etc.), the penalty will be 240 € and 130 €, respectively.

If you refuse to pay a fine, but your wines in court will still be proved, the amount of the obligation can be determined within 300-3000 € depending on how maliciously you break the order on the road.

Observe local traffic rules, and a successful trip!

Austria has the same rules of the road (traffic rules) as in many other countries of Western Europe. Moving along the roads of Austria by car is allowed to drivers who have a driver's license of an international sample. This rule does not apply only to citizens of countries included in the eurozone. Driving a car on the territory of Austria, having a driver's license of a foreign state in the hands of one year from the moment of crossing the border. If your driver's license is not an international sample, you can make a translation into German, but it will be more reliable to get a driver's license of the international sample in the traffic police, especially since this procedure is carried out without re-passing the exam. All foreign vehicles entering the territory of Austria should have the designation of the state to which they belong to the rear. In addition to the fuel located in the gas tank, you can enter the territory of the country 10 liter fuel canister in the trunk of the car is duty free. Enter personal car And to use it in the country for personal purposes is permitted for up to 6 months, after that the car must leave the country in an unchanged state.

High-speed mode in Austria (maximum allowable speed): Cars, motorcycles, automotive cars (houses on wheels), with a total weight of up to 3.5 T.: in the settlement: 50km / h outside the settlement and at high-speed highways: 100km / h Autobahn: 130 km / h A passenger cars with small trailers (up to 750 kg.), With a total weight of up to 3.5 T.: in the settlement: 50 km / h outside the settlement, at high-speed highways and autobahn: 100km / h passenger cars with trailers (over 750 kg.), Total weight up to 3.5. T.: in the settlement: 50 km / h outside the settlement and high-speed highways: 80 km / h Autobares: 100 km / h buses: in the settlement: 50 km / h outside the settlement and high-speed highways: 80 km / h autobahn: 100 km / h (90 km / h on some autobahn at night from 22:00 to 5:00) from January 1, 2012 in Austria, as in many other European countries, there is a "rescue corridor" rule, in According to which drivers of all vehicles in ordering ahead of the congestion are obliged to restructure on another strip of movement to release the passage of rescue and emergency services. The right row is shifted to the right side as much as possible, the left to the left, the car should be located in parallel to the movement, by the emergence in the middle of the corridor, have the right to move only the ambulance, police, fire, road and evacuator service. For the entrance to the strip of the rescue corridor there is a fine of up to 2180 euros.

First aid kit, emergency sign and reflective vest: These three subjects must be in the cabin of each car in easily affordable place (not in the trunk), and be presented in the case of controlling the police. On the roads of Austria, outside the settlements, the reflective lift rule is valid. Exit to the roadway from your car during an accident or evacuation is allowed only in reflective vest. If you are noticed by the police on the roadway outside the settlement without a vest, risk being fined, and double-size.

Transportation of children in Austria: Children up to 14 years of age, and less than 150 cm, can only be transported in children's car chairs.

Permissible blood alcohol content: The maximum allowable content of alcohol in the driver of a driver 0.5 ppm. For the excess of this norm, a cash fine threatens, and with aggravating circumstances, deprivation driver's license.

Winter tires: In the period from November 1 to April 15, it is allowed to move on the roads of Austria only by car equipped with winter tires On all four wheels, or chains of anti-skid at least two leading wheels. The use of chains is allowed only with full or practically complete coverage roadway snow.

Challenge the police in the scene in Austria: In Austria, it is necessary to immediately inform the police about the road accident only if there are victims at the scene. If, as a result of the accident, the damage was caused only to the vehicle, to report to the police only when the culprit disappeared from the scene or establish the culprit is not possible. For example, if you came out of the store and found that your car was damaged in the parking lot during your absence. In this case, inspect your car carefully, an option is possible that the culprit of the accident left you a note with its coordinates. By law, the culprit of the accident has the right if he failed a certain amount of time, leave the scene, while taking care that its coordinates become known to the driver of the damaged vehicle, and accordingly, notify the police about what happened. Challenge the police in Austria to the scene for fixing the details of the incident (if there is no injured) paid - 36 €.

Paid travel on autobahn and high-speed highways of Austria: Travel on autobahn and high-speed highways for all vehicles in Austria is paid. To pay for passages you need to purchase a vignette. Vignette prices (tariffs 2014): passenger cars weighing up to 3.5 tons. 10DN. - 8.50 €, 2 months. - 24.80 €, 1 year - 82.70 € Motorcycles 10DN. - 4.90 €, 2 months. - 12.40 €, 1 year - 32.90 € Cars weighing over 3.5 tons. Pay for travel through GO-Box, which can be purchased at the border for 5 €. Tariffs depend on the number of axes on the vehicle. Vignette with a number 14 (designation of the year) gives the right to move around the country from December 1, 2013. January 31, 2015 Vignette should be glued with the inside of the windshield from the driver. On the motorcycles, the vignette should be glued in the place where it will be clearly visible, for example on a frame or wing front wheel. You can not glue vignette on removable parts of the motorcycle. Not glued vignette is considered invalid. When the glass, the vignette also becomes invalid. Penalty for travel without vignette or for travel with invalid vignette - 120 euros for cars of passenger cars and 65 euros for motorcyclists. You can buy vignette at gas stations, in tobacco kiosks and car clubs both in Austria and in the border area. Usually, at all filling stations or kiosks, where vignettes are sold, when entering the consisting sticker with a vignette image.

Parking in Austria: Austria has free and paid parking zones. In the so-called "blue zones" you can park for free during the time specified on the parking sign installed at the beginning of the parking zone. Be sure to use a parking disk that can be purchased in any tobacco kiosk. In some cities, for example, in Vienna, special parking boxes are used in which you need to put the time to enter the parking lot. They can also be purchased in tobacco kiosks or at gas stations. In many cities, instead of a parking card, you can use the mobile parking, but before that you need to download a special application on your own. mobile device and fix in a prominent place, on the front panel in the car's cabin or from the inside windshield, Special orange vignette.

Austria is famous for a widely developed system of first-grayscale, high-quality roads. Movement in Austria is very intense, but driving culture on very high level, although the too slow down do not like, so he has been kneading at the traffic light, you can hear how cars buzz different marks. The fare on highways and autobackers paid - on each car, under the windshield, the vignette (sticker, brand) should be installed, indicating the payment. Vignettes can be bought at gas stations or mail, with different time actions. Payment of highways is included in the rental price of our cars . On some roads in the Alps, additional pay for vignette is charged. Driving on such roads: Felbertauern-Tunnel 10.74 euros, Tauern-autoBahn 10.50 euros, Arlberg-Tunnel-Strasse 9,70 euros, Brenner - AutoBahn - 8.18 euros, Karawanken - Tunnel - 6.65 euros. IN winter time In Tyrol, there are certain areas of roads due to the danger of a snowy avalanger. And in some mountainous areas, movement is allowed only with special chains of anti-skid. When moving along narrow mountain roads The rule of preferential passage does not apply, mandatory on other roads, is inferior to the one who has the best conditions for this.

When moving in Europe, it should be borne in mind that, despite the existence of international traffic rules, there are some differences in the rules of the road. Most often, this concerns high-speed restrictions and parking rules. Below we present the main features of traffic rules of Austria.

Behind the wheel is forbidden to talk on the phone, but it is allowed to talk through Hands Free in the presence of a device fastener.

Driver I. everything Passengers are required to fasten the safety belts.

Transport in cars of children to twin ten years and growth below 1.5 meters can be only in special chairs with seat belts. In the form of an exception, you can use adult belts if they are suitable for the growth of the child, i.e. when the shoulder belt belt seat does not go around the neck.

80 meters before and after the railway crossing is prohibited by overtaking vehicles. For violations associated with overtaking vehicles - a fine of 70 euros.

Do not include alarms During the towing of the vehicle.

Using the anti-slip chains is allowed only on specially designated road signs Pages of roads. A sign looks like a sign with a picture of an anti-slip chain on a blue background.

It is forbidden to overtake school busWhen he is blinking warning alarms (when boarding passengers).

High-speed modes: in settlements The maximum permitted speed is 50 km / h, on high-speed roads - 100 km / h, on autobahn - 130 km / h during the day and 110 km / h at night (from 22:00 to 5:00). The dimensions of the fines for speeding are starting from 35 euros and can be a very impressive amount, depending on how much speed has been exceeded.

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Fundamental rules

Basically, road traffic rules in Austria comply with the relevant rules of other European countries.

Rules of movement on mountain roads and during winter

Almost all restrictive security barriers are installed on all roads in the mountains. On the mountain slots, it is very important to move on time to move low gear. On narrow mountain roads does not work mandatory in other cases the rule of preferential passage: a vehicle driver that has a better opportunity to skip another car is obliged to do it. On the road covered with snow, it is necessary to move on special tires for driving in winter, studded tires (their use is allowed from November 15 to the first Monday after Easter), and in exceptional cases - use chains on tire tires. Chains can be rented when renting a car and in two Austrian car clubs (OAMTS and ARBO), which have 100 rental points in Austria.
For travel on the roads of Austria, a duty is charged.

Speed \u200b\u200blimitations

Maximum speed on highway roads: 100 km / h, and on highway - 130 km / h. The maximum speed in the settlements (between its boundaries) is 50 km / h. In the city of Graz is allowed to move only at a speed of 30 km / h, and in its suburbs - at a speed of 50 km / h, if there are no other pointers. Vehicles with trailers whose weight exceeds 750 kg, it is allowed to move at a speed of 60 km / h, and on high-speed motorways - at a speed of 70 km / h. In some cases, additional speed limitations can be entered.

Auto and alcohol

Control motor vehicle In a drunken state entails a fine of from 218 to 5813 euros and deprivation of driver's license. The maximum allowable content of alcohol in the blood is 0.5 ppm (in exhale 0.25 mg).

Transportation of children and seat belts

Children under 12 years old are not allowed to sit on passenger seat near the driver; They must sit in the back seat of the car and be fastened by seat belts. Safety belts in the car in Austria should be fastened in obligatory order, and the driver of two-wheeled transport during the movement should be in the helmet.

Payment of travel on high-speed roads and highways (autobahn)

Movement on motorways and highways (including if they pass through the cities) of Austria - paid.When paying the road duty, the driver is issued a receipt (label - sticker or vignette), which is attached on the windshield in the center or left.
Since 2016, the vignette has an orange color.

How much is vignette

Vignettes have three expirations: 1 year, 2 months and 10 days.
The cost of the fee for one year is 85.70 euros for cars (including cars with a housing house with a living house weighing up to 3.5 tons) and 34.10 euros for motorcycles. For tourists who come to Austria on vacation by car for up to two months; Road collection is 25.70 euros, and up to 10 days - 8.80 euros and for motorcycles, respectively, 12.90 euros and 5.10 euros.
If the vignette is not pasted, it is considered invalid, including a motorcycle.
Since 2018, digital vignette is introduced.

Where to stick

The car is pasted at the top of the windshield in the center or left, and on a motorcycle on a fork or on a tank.

Penalties

For avoiding road collection, a fine of 120 euros is established, when paying in place. If you can't pay a fine on site, it increases to 300 euros. When re-denied payment, administrative recovery with a fine of 300 to 3,000 euros will be submitted.

Where to buy Vigatka

Payment of road fees can be made abroad in car clubs and fueling stations at the Austrian border. In Austria itself, payment can be carried out in Austrian automotive clubs (OAMTS and ARBO), as well as in branches of communication, filling stations and tobacco kiosks.

Map with addresses selling this sticker (maps.asfinag.at).
You can clarify information about vignette on the site (www.asfinag.at/maut/vignette).

Additional boards on mountain roads, in tunnels and parking

Even with the presence of vignette, it is additionally paid to the road collection when driving on tunnels and mountain roads, which exists about 15.
All of them are indicated on the site map of the Austrian Autoclub (OaMtc).

The estimated cost of travel on Austria highway

The cost of a disposable passage of a passenger car as of February 2014:
- Tunnel Arlbergerrstassen 10.00 euros
- motorway Brenner 8.95 euros
- Felbertauernstrass 11.00 euros
- Gerloscentra 8.00 Euro
- Alpine road to Grosglockner 28 Euro motorway
- Pirin (Tunnel Glyainalm) 8.90 euros
- Merry highway (Tunnel Bosuk) 5.50 euros
- Tower highway 11.00 euros.

Car parking

Car parkingfor a period of 30 minutes to 3 hours, it is allowed in clearly marked "blue zones". The parking lot is denoted by special timers that can be obtained free of charge in tobacco stores ("Tobacco traffic") and strengthen them in the windshield of the car. In some cities of Austria, parking vouchers are used, which are purchased in banks, at filling stations and most tobacco kiosks. These vacurate vouchers must be attached from the inside of the machine to the windshield and easily readable. In Bludenz, Feldkirchene, Dornbier and Bregense have special parking rules. Payment is made through the cash-machine.

Reference information and contacts of road special services

What to do with an accident

Drivers must immediately report the police about all the transport incidents in which people were injured. The material damage must be reported if the personality of the incident participants cannot be established. An accident messages should be made on the Comite Europeen Des Assurances form. The urgent emergency service of the Austrian automotive clubs works around the clock and its services can take advantage of any motorist. Not members of the Club services are subject to payment.

Information about driving on the roads, repairs, accidents ...

This information is transmitted hourly after the news release by a radio station 03. Messages about serious problems on roads (traffic jams, traffic accidents that make way of roads, atmospheric phenomena) are then repeated by the radio station for the areas where it happened or occurs. Information on the state of roads can be obtained on the OAMTS website.
Current information about the state of roads by country (www.oeamtc.at/portal/verkehrsservice+2500++095812) and by region: Forarlberg, Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Styria.

Useful phone numbers

OAMTS- Emergency Emergency AutoChech Service: 120
Arbo- urgent emergency autotech service: 123

Fire service: 122
Police: 133.
Ambulance: 144
European Emergency Service: 112
On the numbers of these phones, calls from all mobile telecom operators are free.
Before these phone numbers, you do not need to type the city code.

Test mode maximum speed Moves of cars up to 140 km / h will begin to act on the main Austrian high-speed highway "Western Autoban A-1" from August 1, 2018. This was reported in the Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technologies of the country.

The innovation will affect the two plots of the auto, with a total length of 120 kilometers, in the federal lands of Lower and Upper Austria. The maximum allowed high-speed mode will be raised there from 130 to 140 km / h.

The ministry explained that "the launch of the test mode has become possible due to the developed road network on the highway, high-quality asphalt coating and low emergency hazard." In addition, from the last century, when a restriction was taken in 130 km / h, the safety of cars was significantly improved. It is important, however, it is noted that the new high-speed regime will act only under the optimal conditions of movement. During rain, fog or other bad weather, the driver must independently determine the optimal speed and carry responsibility for this.

Now the Office and construction of Austria roads during the year will conduct studies of the road transportation in areas with a permitted speed of 140 km / h. Experts will analyze possible changes as air, noise level, medium velocity of cars and the number of road accidents. Thus, by August 2019, the Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technologies will be able to make a decision to increase maximum speed in other areas of the autobahn.

To date, the maximum permitted speed on highways in Austria for motorcycles and passenger cars with a mass of no more than 3.5 tons is 130 km / h. At some dangerous areas, it is limited to 80 km / h. The amount of the fine in violation speed \u200b\u200bregime The autobahn varies: 20 km / h - from 30 to 50 euros, 50 km / h or more - about 2180 euros and deprivation of rights for several months. It is curious that in Austria there is a special method for calculating the speed, according to which drivers seem to be the right of the so-called "tolerance of ten kilometers per hour", because the speed may affect temperature fluctuations and other phenomena. It turns out that the violators of the speed regime in 140 km / h will be fined, only if they open the speed to 151 km / h.

It is noteworthy that the speed limit of 140 km / h is extremely rare in Europe. Such speed is allowed only in Poland and Bulgaria. In the eighteen European countries, the high-speed maximum is set to 130 km / h, in eight countries, namely in Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Serbia, the speed limit is limited to 120 km / h. There are also slowers of all residents of Norway, Liechtenstein, Latvia, Montenegro and Cyprus: they cannot accelerate more than 100 km / h.