The general toll system has no booths or barriers collecting payments. Instead, you need to buy a physical or digital toll sticker (German: Vignette or Autobahnpickerl) before driving on a motorway or expressway with a car or motorcycle.
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Tolls: While Germany has no tolls, you'll need a toll vignette to drive on Austrian motorways (called 'Autobahn'). You can get a sticker directly at the car hire desk when you pick the car up, or at any major border crossings into Austria and at larger petrol stations. Or you can buy a digital vignette online.
Physical stickers can be obtained from the Austrian Automobile Clubs as well as post offices, newsagents, and petrol stations. You can also purchase stickers in Austria's neighbouring countries at petrol stations, borders, and Automobile Clubs.
Driving without a vignette is quickly fined, usually €120. The price is €9.60 for a 10-day motorway stamp in Austria. Austrians are pretty strict and uncompromising when it comes to complying with laws and traffic regulations, so don't get caught out!
There are 10-day, 2-month, and annual vignettes. These stickers must be visibly stuck to the front windshield. You can purchase vignettes online on the ASFINAG website. Alternatively, you can buy a vignette from gas stations in Germany.
Parking & Tolls in AustriaAustria requires all vehicles using the autobahn to display a highway toll sticker. Rental companies in Austria charge approx US$0.65 per day for a toll sticker. Stickers are available at the border or gas stations when entering from another country.
From the Walserberg border crossing to the Salzburg-Nord exit, no motorway toll sticker is required. You need a motorway vignette to use the motorway beyond that.
In Austria, tourists can buy a vignette good for 10 days up to a full year. The vignette prices begin at 9.40 euros for a 10-day sticker and range up to 89.20 euros for a full year. Motorcycles also require vignettes. The sticker is designed so that you cannot remove and reattach it.
In addition to essential documents (for tourists, that would be a valid driver's license and passport), motorists are required by law to carry the following items: Reflective high-visibility vests. Warning triangle. First-aid kit (only required for four-wheeled vehicles registered in Germany)