Travel Terms and Conditions

Persons, which do not have the Austrian citizenship, need a valid passport for entry, exit and the time of stay in Austria. For citizens of the European Union a valid identification card is sufficient.

Required Documents

In Austria it is obligate for all traffic users to carry their drivinglicence, as well as the registration documents for the vehicle and present it to members of the national executive or public security on demand. Also classification documents of all registrated and legal changes of your bike have to be with the driver all the time. So please do not forget to bring all documents of your bike.

In case of an accident, it might be beneficial to carry also your customercard of your insurance with your insurance policynumber. The green insurance card for the European Union is not obligatory any more, but it is recommended to take the card with you for any cases.

Tickets for diverse traffic delictes can be paid in Austria either cash or with your creditcard. Regulary, a following complaint is more expensive.

Street Toll ("Maut and Vignette")

In Austria, all highways have to be paid for, by buying the so called "Vignette". The Vignette has to be paid for all vehicles up to 3,5t. Trailers are not charged. There are different fees, depending how long the Vigentte is valid.

For motorbikes, the fees for a Vignette are:

One has to place the Vignette on a part of the bike, where it can bee seen clearly and the part of the bike can’t be removed easily. The Vignette is only valid, if you attach the sticker to your bike, just carried Vignetten (for esample in your pocket) are not valid. As soon as you remove the sticker from your bike, it is not valid any more.

Your also need to take care of the lower part of the Vignette including the serial number. You might need to present it, so please keep it after taking of the sticker and carry it with you. The Vignette has to be placed on the vehicle, bevor you enter Austrian territory. Regulary you can buy the Vignette on the last gas stations bevor reaching the boarder.

Please be aware: Even the use of parking areas in front of gas stations, restaurants or motels next to the highways are not free of charge. If you park you bike in an area like this without a Vignette, you might get a ticket.

Temporegulations

In Austria in all urban areas, the tempolimit is 50 km/h. Outside of urban areas on all federal roads the maximum speed is limited to 100km/h. In some cases, the limit is expandet to 130km/h, wich will be indicated by a corrisponding sign. The highways are restricted to 130 km/h, if not declared by signs otherwise. Specially in the areas of construction places, there might be speedcontrols.

Section Control

Section controls are a special kind of speedcontrol in Austria. The control does not measure your tempo at one certain timepoint, but takes an average value over several kilometers.

One of these section controls you will find on the highway A2 in Lower Austria inbetween Edlitz and Grimmenstein (Kilometer 73,5 bis 67,0) while driving in direction of Vienna. This is quite near to our Bike Run Camp, so if you should go to Vienna from the camp via the highway, please take care of your drivingspeed!

The start and the end of this section control is marked with a small white sign picturing a camera with the text “Section Control” below it.

Helmets

All drivers and pillions of any two-wheelers have to war a helmet while driving. If one should not wear a helmet, a ticket will cost between € 21,- and € 72,-

If driver or pillion should be harmed in case of an accident by riding a bike without helmet, insuracepolicies and compensations for physical harm might change.

Reflective Vest

It is recommended to carry special reflecting clothes (safteyvest) for the case of emergency and to wear these while beeing on the highway in this case. In Hungary it is obligate to carry a reflective vest with you for your visibility.

Light by Day

All bikes have to drive with their headlight turned on while driving, also during daytime.

Passing by Standing Columns

If there is a standing column of vehicles (for example in front of crossings), motorbikes are allowed to slowly pass by next to the column, if there is enough space and no other trafficuser is disturbed.

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