I bought and applied the vignette properly, and about three weeks later I received 2 * a €120 fine. What’s worse is that if you don’t pay right away, the amount can escalate significantly (from a few hundred up to several thousand euros). It feels unfair that a driver who actually paid and has proof is treated the same as someone who didn’t pay at all and simply crossed the country without a vignette. Almost everywhere in Europe there are tolls or vignettes (Germany is the exception for cars), but in Austria it seems fines are issued automatically, without taking into account proof of payment or the specific situation. That’s why many people see the system as abusive—or even a scam.
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The ASFiNAG is an Austrian publicly owned corporation which plans, finances, builds, maintains and collects tolls for the Austrian autobahns.