Poster: A snowHead
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2 years running now we have nearly been caught out by the traffic from Austria to Munich airport on a Saturday. Luckily we always leave a bit of extra time as a 2 hour motorway journey can take 3-4 hours. If you use waze and it recommends a cross country route off the autobahns - take it! Yesterday it was stop/start from 5 miles from Kufstein all the way to the airport. If we hadn’t followed Waze we would have missed our flight.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@BertieG, I always get off the motorway around Munich if satnav recommends it.. and add an hour to the planned journey time
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@BertieG, bear in mind that there are potential driving bans for non local registered cars on some of the minor roads. You could easily end up in a queue only to be turned around back to the motorway. This applies more to coming into Austria rather than leaving.
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@Chris_n, haven't seen it round ours yet this year
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@holidayloverxx, it's mainly heading into the Inn valley to try and reduce traffic through Kufstein etc (or maybe the cynical could say it is to encourage purchase of the vignette). Saturdays are often busy with German and Dutch tourists heading to Ski Welt, Kitzbuel, St Johan and Ski Juwel causing Kufstein and surrounding roads to become gridlocked. It's not unknown for travellers leaving Zillertal to be directed onto the motorway too.
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@Chris_n, we had it in the summer approaching Enns valley villages
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Surprised there were issues northbound on a Saturday it is usually OK the traffic northbound tends to be bad on a Sunday afternoon. The no through traffic thing is definitely there. There are bans through Kufstein enforced both by private security and the Police. Driving back from Tuscany in the summer there were signs all the way from the Brenner saying "all through traffic Autobahn only". There are roadworks on the A93 for which there is not really an alternative. The A99 has been clear recently (I wasnt around over the weekend so maybe it was bad then). Just seen in the local paper that there were a series of accidents on the A8 last Saturday caused by the snowy weather which would account for the traffic jams, not much that can be done about that
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