Sticky business but there is a method to removing your old Swiss autoroute “vignette”
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A reminder to motorists who use the Swiss autoroutes: you must have your new sticker on the car today, correctly displayed and the old one must be removed. The fine for not observing the regulations has doubled to CHF200, and the highway patrol will be checking autoroute exits this week, so don’t take the risk of driving with just your old sticker.
How to remove your old one: the most effective method, according to several car forums in Switzerland (and this driver), appears to be using a hair dryer to dry out the glue, and a plastic window scraper to remove most of the remaining gummy bits. These can then be removed with a bit of gasoline on a rag, used with caution.
The Swiss customs office warns that to be correctly displayed the sticker must be placed on the windscreen, on the inside of the car, near the edge of the windscreen. All old stickers must be removed.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 1 February 2012.
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