Outer and inner faces of the 2010 Swiss autoroute sticker

Neuchatel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Drivers have until the end of January 2010 to put them on their cars, but the 2010 Swiss autoroute sticker, called a vignette in French, goes on sale today. The background is metallic orange and the date reddish-brown. The CHF40 annual road tax has been sold at the same price since it became law in 1985, managed by the Swiss customs office.

The proof of tax paid sticker must be displayed by cars but also trucks and motorbikes on the autoroute.

Motorbikes should have it on the windscreen, but if the bike doesn’t have one it should be placed on another part of the bike, but “not easily interchangeable parts”, customs office spokesperson Roger Hafner told GenevaLunch. Some bikers put it under the saddle. The sticker should be easily visible to the extent this is possible.

The fine for traveling on the autoroute without a sticker is CHF100.

Background: firsthand experience, why you need the sticker

Links to other sites: official Swiss road tax page, how to display the sticker, map of the motorways that require a sticker

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