Tolls and vignettes · Fines
What it costs to drive without a vignette, country by country
Verdict
From €46.50 in Bulgaria to €300 in Slovenia, and up to €3,000 in Austria if you contest.
All of it is camera-enforced against the plate, so the bill finds you at home or at the rental desk.
What being caught costs, country by country
- Austria: replacement toll, payable within four weeks€200
- Austria: if you ignore it, the demand letter€365
- Austria: contest that, and the penalty notice€300–€3,000
- Switzerland: fine, plus the CHF 40 vignette you still oweCHF 200
- Czechiaup to CZK 20,000
- Slovakiaup to €200
- Slovenia€300
- Hungary: surcharge, paid within 60 daysHUF 27,790
- Hungary: surcharge after 60 daysHUF 95,730
- Bulgaria: compensatory fee, since 1 August 2026€46.50
Austria's replacement toll for a car rose from €120 on 1 January 2026. Hungary works on a surcharge instead of a fine, and Bulgaria's fee settles the matter without one. In a hire car the notice reaches the rental company, which pays it, charges you, and adds an administration fee of its own on top.
Fines for ordinary traffic offences, ranked, are on the traffic fines page. Prices for the vignettes themselves are on the overview.
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Sources
- European Consumer Centre (EVZ) — Austria: replacement toll of €200 from 1 January 2026 and the penalty range
- ch.ch (Swiss Confederation) — motorway vignette: CHF 40, validity, CHF 200 fine
- eDálnice — supervision and fines: up to CZK 20,000
- eZnamka (NDS) — fine of up to €200 for driving without a valid e-vignette
- DARS E-vinjeta — FAQ: €300 fine, e-vignette is digital only
- Nemzeti Útdíjfizetési Szolgáltató — e-matrica prices and surcharges from 1 January 2026 (PDF)
- BG TOLL (Road Infrastructure Agency) — new vignette prices and compensatory fee from 1 August 2026
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