 Poster: A snowHead
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This is General Info if you happen to Visit Austrian Citys .
Anyone planning a holiday in Austria should familiarise themselves with the new traffic rules. Because wrong turns could soon become really expensive.
Up to 2200 euros fine: Drivers in Austria should be aware of this new rule
If you drive to Austria next year, you'd better check the route twice: From May 2026, Austria wants to monitor the entrances to some cities by camera. The new system is intended to prevent unauthorized persons from entering certain areas of the city. And that's one thing above all: expensive if you're not careful.
In the future, traffic cameras will record every license plate when entering and compare it with an authorization list. According to the Austrian Ministry of Transport, the data of the vehicle and owner are processed in compliance with the GDPR, i.e. in accordance with the European General Data Protection Regulation.
Full Story (in German)
https://www.reisereporter.de/reisenews/bis-2000-euro-strafe-diese-neue-regel-sollten-autofahrer-in-oesterreich-kennen-OCEMIBX6SFCX3G5YWRZRDM2D6Q.html
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Use Waze, if you have a pass add it in , such as the DE Umweltplakette or your Austrian Vignette, if you haven't got it it will plan accordingly
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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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Usual unhelpful scaremongering from stanton with no explanation of what "authorization list" means or is and article is no better. I assume another Austria resident can be more helpful.
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@Dave of the Marmottes, I often see the text "Stanton & Stavely" when walking down the street - they are a brand of sewer cover.
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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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From a quick chatgpt, it seems as though municipalities will be able to use automated camera systems, so it could lead to them banning certain vehicles in certain areas, like the congestion charge in London etc.
But as yet, nothing confirmed for any locations what will happen.
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This is the first I've heard of it, so I don't think there's been much press coverage as yet. Probably because there's not much to say. If they can tie it in to the ASFINAG system, then presumably you can just get pinged for the fee when you enter a “zone”, the same way you do when you pass a toll booth.
There are already rules about through-traffic staying on the motorway rather than rat running through the towns, which I think probably affect more Germans on their way to Lake Garda than locals anyway. The info for that is limited to “through traffic stay on the autobahn” or similar on the motorway tickers, so they'll have to do better signage-wise, and then presumably they can do away with the police monitors as well.
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So really for LEZs and Low Traffic (resident only) Zones then? And this is just law to enable ANPR? Rather than as the top post implies automatic fines for entering city limits.
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Credit where credit's due - that was a post with the intention of providing advice to people, a welcome change
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| Dave of the Marmottes wrote: |
| And this is just law to enable ANPR? |
I think that's probably what it is. Privacy laws are pretty tight in Austria, so they probably need some extra bureaucracy to enable their extra bureaucracy  The only places I can think of that have ANPR (well, I'm assuming here) are some multi-storey car parks that open the barrier before you've had chance to put the ticket in. Motorways already have cameras for traffic monitoring, but I don't think they're particularly high res – you can see them yourself on the ASFINAG or OAMTC websites.
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| Rather than as the top post implies automatic fines for entering city limits. |
This does seem unlikely. Public transport is good but not that good, and people like their cars. Infrastructure for electric vehicles isn't that good either. If this was the case, I think at the very least, the press would be whinging about it. I could be a way to surreptitiously reduce the number of old bangers on the road though.
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@Scarlet, I'd assumed motorways already had ANPR for monitoring of vignettes/e vignettes but I guess the continued availability of stickers must mess with that.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Dave of the Marmottes, ah yeah, possibly. I don't actually know, tbh.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Scarlet wrote: |
This does seem unlikely. Public transport is good but not that good, and people like their cars. Infrastructure for electric vehicles isn't that good either. If this was the case, I think at the very least, the press would be whinging about it. I could be a way to surreptitiously reduce the number of old bangers on the road though. |
It's surprising the infrastructure for electric vehicles, given the really high number you see on the roads.
If it's way of getting rid of old bangers, our 11 year old Euro 5 Transit Custom will probably get caught up in it, that's certainly the case for all the UK charges.
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@swskier, ours too, I think (unless it's Euro 6, but I can't remember without going down to look. It's printed on one of those French stickers in the window.) It's coming up to time to think about replacing it, and we were considering electric as we don't do many miles and mostly around the city, but our landlord is a stubborn beggar who doesn't like to bother with anything that doesn't directly benefit him. I know other tenants would like electric vehicles too, but I suspect it will take actual legislation that makes a charging point a requirement before he'll bother, and even then, he probably won't. A mirror for the blind garage exit would be nice too, but he never parks there and doesn't care
We'll probably end up with another largish engine petrol, as they're considerably cheaper than electric to buy as well, and we don't do enough miles to run up a big fuel bill.
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You know it makes sense.
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Increasing cities around Europe have this for Low Emissions Zones. Had to warn my friend who just drove from Rotterdam to Lisbon. Without planning he was disappointed to not drop in to Paris and Madrid as he had expected.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@Scarlet, ASFINAG already use ANPR for the vignettes and tolls you buy from their website, there is no physical sticker. As far as I am aware it doesn't affect UK registered vehicles as dont believe Austria (or Germany) have an agreement with UK to swap details, no speeding tickets either. All our company cars are electric now, much cheaper for tax and cost practically nothing to run, especially if you have solar panels on the roof!
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Poster: A snowHead
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| munich_irish wrote: |
| @Scarlet, ASFINAG already use ANPR for the vignettes and tolls you buy from their website, there is no physical sticker. As far as I am aware it doesn't affect UK registered vehicles as dont believe Austria (or Germany) have an agreement with UK to swap details, no speeding tickets either. All our company cars are electric now, much cheaper for tax and cost practically nothing to run, especially if you have solar panels on the roof! |
How does that work for a German resident who buys a sticker at the border? Is the camera accurate enough to pick up stickers as well?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Dave of the Marmottes, That's the claim but dont see how a camera is ever going to pick up the tiny holes showing the date bought. I suspect they will move to an online only system at some point. I think the Swiss have gone over to an e Vignette of some sort, no more putting vaseline on the windscreen to allow the sticker to be pulled off and used again!
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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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| munich_irish wrote: |
| cost practically nothing to run, especially if you have solar panels on the roof! |
Similarly at my work they offer free electric car charging with powered by the hydroelectric generator on site.
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