Swiss Austrian border

[Deleted account Cooperman]

This may be one for SwissRob

I'm planning to come out of Switzerland going north on the 13/E43 aiming for Bavaria (Germany) but will need to go through Austria (or get wet in Lake Constance )

I will have a vignette for Switzerland but I don't intend getting an Austrian one. However I don't want to get caught jumping on an Austrian Mway by mistake

The 13/E43 seems to be right on the border. Am I safe if a keep to this and then get on the back roads avoiding the A14/E60 in Austria

Cheers

 

[wessie]

Yes it is easy to avoid the Austrian motorway. Traffic will be very heavy and for the sake of 5 Euros for a 10 day Austrian vignette you might regret your decision should you be in a hurry.

Although, if you are heading east once across the German border you might look at a map and consider some of the wiggly roads from Dornbirn (which has a link road from the Swiss side of the Rhine to Austria).

Viamichelin.com will indicate interesting roads by highlighting them in green

 

[skyenet]

for the sake of 5 Euros for a 10 day Austrian vignette you might regret your decision should you be in a hurry.

+1

We got one for a few sections of motorway and it did speed up our trip to get to our Lermoos B&B and then on to the Garmisch BMW meet on Saturday evening. Came down from Rheinfalls so got use of my Swiss Vignette as well. However progress wasn't as good as it could have been as there were plenty roadworks on both the Swiss and Austrian motorways. At least I could see where my vignette money was going

Got my Swiss Vignette before our trip so was able to use fablon to attach it so it should come off easily and will put it up in for Sale section upon our return to UK at the end of July.

 

[The Phantom Pieman]

And don't try and chance it on the motorway .... the police consider it as "sport". Pay the 5 Euros and quit whining !

 

[wessie]

And don't try and chance it on the motorway .... the police consider it as "sport". Pay the 5 Euros and quit whining !

65 euro fine as my co-traveller found out - it was raining and she decided to travel up the motorway to our Black Forest Hotel. My last words as we left the hotel was, "get a vignette when you get petrol." She was nabbed at the border crossing.

 

[Deleted account Cooperman]

And don't try and chance it on the motorway .... the police consider it as "sport". Pay the 5 Euros and quit whining !

Who's whining

Just asking for and receiving advice

 

[everywherevirtually]

It's €4.30 actually so you really cant go wrong.

 

[Aidan1150]

I'm planning to come out of Switzerland going north on the 13/E43 aiming for Bavaria (Germany) but will need to go through Austria (or get wet in Lake Constance )

Why not take one of the ferries across Lake Constance? There are a few to choose from. Linky thing.

 

[getting older]

Originally Posted by The Phantom Pieman
And don't try and chance it on the motorway .... the police consider it as "sport". Pay the 5 Euros and quit whining !


Wish I had seen this post before we entered Austria, approx 1 mile on motorway into Austria, exit slip road, e65.00 please - at least they accept credit cards

 

[The Phantom Pieman]

Who's whining

Just asking for and receiving advice

People here constantly bitch about the cost of vignettes - what about the cost of paeages?? Nobody seems bother here ...
~And the cost is normally peanuts compare the the running costs of the bike, the next BMW jacket, the BMW fleece and panniers ....
The biggest issue is that the UK government hasn't cottoned on. Would it be so bad to ask people coming into the country to use the prime road system??

7 days worth in around 8 euros - at least it was on Tuesday .....
You can use other roads to get around paying but it depends how much time you want to spend sitting in the arse end of Bregenz

 

[stolzy]

People here constantly bitch about the cost of vignettes - what about the cost of paeages?? Nobody seems bother here

The Austria vignette is quite reasonable (certainly less than French autoroutes), but Swiss one is a tourist ripoff - you get to pay for a year (usually you get less) - no 1 week or 2 week option.

 

[wessie]

The Austria vignette is quite reasonable (certainly less than French autoroutes), but Swiss one is a tourist ripoff - you get to pay for a year (usually you get less) - no 1 week or 2 week option.

Although, in Austria you end up paying extra tolls to use tunnels and some passes. In CH I don't recall paying anything other than the motorway vignette.

 

[stolzy]

Although, in Austria you end up paying extra tolls to use tunnels and some passes. In CH I don't recall paying anything other than the motorway vignette.

True, but at least you get the choice as to which route you take - there are an awful lot of toll passes though.

There is something peculiarly swiss about extracting a year's worth of motorway tolls from tourists who are merely transiting and may spend less than a day in switzerland.

 

[skyenet]

There is something peculiarly swiss about extracting a year's worth of motorway tolls from tourists who are merely transiting and may spend less than a day in switzerland.

At least my Swiss Vignette is still getting used as I gave it to my mate we stayed with outside Geneva. He has 3 bikes and needs one for each bike, yet only needs one number plate between them all.