Foreigners to pay up to 130€ to use Germany's Autobanns (1 Viewer)

[scotjimland]

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government introduced a controversial road toll on Thursday which will force foreign car drivers to pay up to 130 euros (102.4 pounds) a year for using Germany's Autobahn motorways.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/germanys-...rs-130-euros-183235543--business.html#XLTrccb

 

[DBK]

It doen't become effective until 2016 and is likely to be challenged in the EU as discriminatory. We shall see. But, it won't in a way be much different to Portugals system, just register and pay when you enter the country and if you only go for a few days it probably won't cost much. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28199383

 

[scotjimland]

if you only go for a few days it probably won't cost much

indeed.. I should have said 'up to' in the post title.. but can't edit it ..but it's in the post text and link.

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[Jim]

indeed.. I should have said 'up to' in the post title.. but can't edit it ..but it's in the post text and link.

 

[Scattycat]

Oh right, that'll help the German tourist economy . . . not

 

[BreweryDave]

Worth it to do 120mph in the motorhome though

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[Tootles]

BRITISH TO PAY NOWT FOR USING UK MOTORWAYS

That will do me. The last time I used an autobahn I clipped a car.......With a Chieftain.....

 

[DuxDeluxe]

Worth it to do 120mph in the motorhome though

Did manage an indecent speed in my car last year.............

 

[Bertie Bassett]

What about the VDub Camper with a couple in the back on the edge of the Teutoberger Wald in 77, was that you too?

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[Judge Mental]

The system will be identical to what they have in Switzerland. a yearly vignette. German roads while good, are full of road works and suffer terrible jams. I will be going for our yearly jaunt to Italy and beyond via Switzerland again. cant stand german food anyway....so there!

 

[Tootles]

The system will be identical to what they have in Switzerland. a yearly vignette. German roads while good, are full of road works and suffer terrible jams. I will be going for our yearly jaunt to Italy and beyond via Switzerland again. cant stand german food anyway....so there!

Couldn't wait a whole year to put vinegar on my chips..... Skeggy, here we come.........

 

[Bertie Bassett]

The system will be identical to what they have in Switzerland. a yearly vignette. German roads while good, are full of road works and suffer terrible jams. I will be going for our yearly jaunt to Italy and beyond via Switzerland again. cant stand german food anyway....so there!

Nothing like a bocky mit scharfe senf and a gallon and a half of Warsteiner!

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[johnp10]

We need a knock for knock toll system in the UK.
Foreigners pay, we don't.
That's the premise here, isn't it?
No farting about, pay up at the port of entry or get back on the boat.
How much longer are we to be Europe's piggy bank?

Edit:
Germany off the touring list.
Their loss of income is another country's gain.

 

[DBK]

Did manage an indecent speed in my car last year.............

Like the new avatar!

 

[DuxDeluxe]

Like the new avatar!

Which one? I've changed it three times today already,

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[Bertie Bassett]

Which one? I've changed it three times today already,

That's a sad one...........is it a morning thing?

 

[Judge Mental]

WRONG......Everyone pays

 

[DuxDeluxe]

That's a sad one...........is it a morning thing?

Sums things up at the moment.........

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[Bertie Bassett]

Sums things up at the moment.........

But look on the bright side, you've been shot, yet you live..................what more could a duck ask?

 

[DBK]

Luv a duck..but how many are there?

Is it four, five?

Wrong! There's 6!

 

[Tootles]

That's a sad one...........is it a morning thing?

He uses that one at a certain time of every month.........

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[Judge Mental]

Ahhhhh......All sleepy poodles...I have some oranges for the sauce

 

[johnp10]

WRONG......Everyone pays

Not WRONG at all.

This has been pulled in the past regarding goods vehicles.
Everyone pays, but local vehicles get a tax knock down.
The reality is only the foreigner pays, but they are quite happy to use as our roads for free.
That, hopefully, is planned to change.

 

[GJH]

BRITISH TO PAY NOWT FOR USING UK MOTORWAYS

That will do me. The last time I used an autobahn I clipped a car.......With a Chieftain.....

Geronimo or Crazy Horse?

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[Tootles]

Geronimo or Crazy Horse?

Wrong Continent, young Sir. A chief is the term used for North American Indians, however, a Chieftain is normally African.

Write 100 times....'My geography is DUMP'.

 

[GJH]

Wrong Continent, young Sir. A chief is the term used for North American Indians, however, a Chieftain is normally African.

Write 100 times....'My geography is DUMP'.

 

[longdog]

Worth it to do 120mph in the motorhome though

Only 120mph? You want to get it chipped mate

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[Gaston aires]

If other countries start charging foreigners, we should o the same to them.
Phil

 

[JJ]

Judging by some of the folk on here who won't be going to Germany again, it looks to me like it will be an even nicer place visit now.

JJ

 

[SMB]

Stop it JJ, its the weekend and people don't need you winding them up. I for one will continue with my plan to visit Germany this summer....then in 2016 they can shove it

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