Guide: the vignette and driving in Austria

Short, clear answers to the most common questions about the digital vignette and driving in Austria.

• Austria vignette: which one suits your trip?The four types of digital vignette, how long they are valid, which vehicles need them and when the GO-Box applies instead.
• When does the vignette start? The 18-day rule explainedWho the 18-day rule applies to, why it exists, which vignettes are valid at once, and how registration and the start of validity work with us.
• Section tolls in Austria 2026: routes and pricesOn five routes you pay a separate toll instead of the vignette: the sections, the 2026 car prices and what you need.
• To Italy over the Brenner: vignette and section tollWhich parts of the Brenner route need a vignette, what the Brenner toll costs and where you may drive without a vignette.
• To Croatia and Slovenia: vignette, Tauern and KarawankenWhich stretches on the way south need a vignette, what the Tauern and Karawanken tolls cost and what applies in Slovenia.
• Without a valid vignette: replacement toll and fines in AustriaWhat the replacement toll costs in 2026, what happens if it is not paid, and why a wrongly registered plate counts too.
• Entering the licence plate for the vignette correctlyHow to enter the plate and country without mistakes, which errors are common and when the plate can be changed later.
• Without a vignette: the vignette-free sections in AustriaWhich motorway sections need no vignette, what they are for and where the vignette requirement starts again.