This is the law that has been in effect ever since 1997 year in Austria. Every driver who drives on the motorway in Austria must have a sign on their windshield. freeway sticker. Now they can also be purchased digitally. three Drivers are offered vignettes with different validity periods, namely ten days, two months or a whole year.

The fourth vignette

From now on a fourth the vignette will be added to the other three already existing ones. available from 2024, the latter will offer a new alternative for casual riders. In fact, the minimum duration offered in Austria was 10 days. Now it will be possible to take a one-day vignette. Austria also wants to set a fixed price scale for different vignettes. Now the prices will be as follows:

• Daily vignette: 8.60 euros
• Ten-day vignette: 11.50 euros
• Two-month vignette: 28.90 euros
• Annual vignette: 96.40 euros

The advantage of the Austrian system is that, unlike France or Italy, there is no toll gate in Austria Well not really, maybe if you travel to Austria you will have to pay supplements The vast majority of them relate to passing through the tunnel.

Soon in France?

The question that should be asked now is whether a vignette system might also appear on our roads ? As you know, French autobahns are constantly changing in terms of taxes or payment systems.

However, it seems that it would be difficult to introduce a vignette system in France for the country’s motorways. In fact, the contracts concluded between the highway concession companies and the state are as follows blocked that for some time it seems that nothing can be put in place. Remember, however, that the concessions on our highways must end, since most of them, between 2031 and 2036.

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