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Driving in Austria - Traffic rules and Road signs
Welcome to Accudriver! Here you can read and learn road rules in Austria. Also, you may take a look for road signs of Austria. It would be really useful to check the traffic rules before going to Austria. Make your trip safer!
Austria
Quick reference
Driving side
Right
Speed (urban / rural / highway)
50 km/h / 100 km/h / 130 km/h
Blood alcohol limit
0.05%
Emergency
112
Min. rental age
19
Pre-trip checklist
Buy motorway vignette before entering Austria
Carry triangle, vest, first aid kit; winter: winter tires and chains if crossing passes
Save 112 (EU) and 133 (Austrian police)
Check vignette validity dates
Know that 0.01% applies if you are a novice driver
Tolls & practical
Buy vignette before entering any motorway — fines for missing vignette are high.
Vignette (Pickerl) required for motorways and expressways. Buy at border, petrol stations, or online. No toll booths; cameras enforce.
Common fines
No vignette
€120+
Speeding (e.g. 20 km/h over)
€30–€50
Speeding (severe)
€70–€2180+
Phone while driving
€50
No seatbelt
€35
Drink driving
€300–€3700+
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Parking & fuel
Parking
Paid zones in cities (blue zones, Parkscheibe or ticket). Residential areas often permit-only.
Tip: In Vienna and Salzburg use park-and-ride or book parking in advance.
Fuel
Common types: Super 95, Diesel, LPG.
Cards widely accepted; some motorway stations automated.
Approx. price: ~€1.50 (approximate)
Things that might surprise you
Vignette mandatory on motorways
No toll booths — you must have a valid vignette before joining the motorway. Fines are steep and enforced by camera.
0.01% for new drivers
Drivers with license under 2 years and under 21: 0.01% limit. Effectively zero alcohol.
Winter tires and chains
Winter tires mandatory in winter conditions. Snow chains required when the white sign with chain symbol is shown.
Strict speeding enforcement
Many fixed and mobile cameras. Fines and possible license withdrawal for serious speeding.
No driving in first lane with trailer
Trailers and caravans often banned from the left lane on multi-lane roads.
Guide last verified: 2026-02
General rules
Traffic Direction
Right Hand
Km/h or Mp/h
km/h
For business inquiries: contact@accudriver.io
Speed limits rules
Urban Area
50
30 in many residential areas
Speed road
100
Express road
130
Where to rent a car in Austria?
The best site to book your car rental is Discovered Cars. They will find the best prices from all big rental companies 👍
Required car kit
Triangle
Yes
First aid
Yes
Fire extinguisher
Recommended
Spare bulb
No
Tow Rope
No
Other differences in rules
Maximum promille alcohole
0.05
0.01% for drivers who have held a license for less than two years and drivers of vehicles over 7.5 tonnes
Toll roads
Yes
Minimum driver age
17
Where to rent a car in Austria?
The best site to book your car rental is Discovered Cars. They will find the best prices from all big rental companies 👍
Austria road signs
Built-up Area Limits signs
Entrance to built up area
Leaving built up area
Checkpoints signs
Customs
End of prohibition signs
End of all restrictions
End of no overtaking
Indication signs
First aid
Hospital
No through road
Parking
Tunnel
Mandatory signs
Bicycles and pedestrians only
Bicycles only
Equestrians only
Pass on this side
Pedestrians only
Proceed right only
Proceed straight or turn right only
Roundabout
Route for vehicles carrying dangerous goods
Straight ahead only
Turn right ahead only
Priority signs
End of priority road
Give Way Yield
Give way to oncoming traffic
Priority over oncoming vehicles
Priority road
Stop
Prohibitory signs
Maximum height
Maximum vehicle length
Maximum weight per axle
Maximum weight
Maximum width
No U-turns
No bicycles
No buses
No entry
No heavy goods vehicles
No horns or excessive motor noise
No left turn
No motor vehicles except motorcycles
No motor vehicles
No motorcycles
No overtaking by heavy goods vehicles
No overtaking
No parking or waiting
No parking zone
No pedestrians
No right turn
No stopping
No trailers
No vehicles carrying dangerous goods
No vehicles carrying dangerous water pollutants
No vehicles
Special regulations signs
Bus lane
Expressway ends
Expressway
Lane ends
Motorway ends
Motorway
One-way street
Pedestrian crossing
Pedestrian zone
Residential area living street
Speed limit signs
End of maximum speed limit
End of speed limit zone
Maximum speed limit
Minimum speed limit ends
Minimum speed limit
Speed limit zone
Warning signs
Bend ahead
Children
Crossroads with a minor road
Crossroads with priority to the right
Cyclists ahead
Dangerous crosswinds
Domestic animals
Double bend ahead
Falling rocks or debris
Give Way ahead
Junction with a minor road
Level crossing (multiple tracks)
Level crossing (one track)
Level crossing with barriers ahead
Level crossing without barriers ahead
Low-flying aircraft
Other danger
Pedestrian crossing ahead
Road narrows on both sides
Road narrows on one side
Roadworks ahead
Roundabout ahead
Slippery road surface
Steep ascent
Steep descent
Stop ahead
Traffic signals ahead
Tram crossing
Two-way traffic ahead
Uneven road ahead
Wild animals
App
About
News
Rules
Driving in Austria - Traffic rules and Road signs
Welcome to Accudriver! Here you can read and learn road rules in Austria. Also, you may take a look for road signs of Austria. It would be really useful to check the traffic rules before going to Austria. Make your trip safer!
Austria
Quick reference
Driving side
Right
Speed (urban / rural / highway)
50 km/h / 100 km/h / 130 km/h
Blood alcohol limit
0.05%
Emergency
112
Min. rental age
19
Pre-trip checklist
Buy motorway vignette before entering Austria
Carry triangle, vest, first aid kit; winter: winter tires and chains if crossing passes
Save 112 (EU) and 133 (Austrian police)
Check vignette validity dates
Know that 0.01% applies if you are a novice driver
Tolls & practical
Buy vignette before entering any motorway — fines for missing vignette are high.
Vignette (Pickerl) required for motorways and expressways. Buy at border, petrol stations, or online. No toll booths; cameras enforce.
Common fines
No vignette
€120+
Speeding (e.g. 20 km/h over)
€30–€50
Speeding (severe)
€70–€2180+
Phone while driving
€50
No seatbelt
€35
Drink driving
€300–€3700+
🔥 Download our mobile app!
Works fully offline
Rules of more than 60 countries in your pocket
Comparing traffic rules and road signs between countries
Regular updates
Parking & fuel
Parking
Paid zones in cities (blue zones, Parkscheibe or ticket). Residential areas often permit-only.
Tip: In Vienna and Salzburg use park-and-ride or book parking in advance.
Fuel
Common types: Super 95, Diesel, LPG.
Cards widely accepted; some motorway stations automated.
Approx. price: ~€1.50 (approximate)
Things that might surprise you
Vignette mandatory on motorways
No toll booths — you must have a valid vignette before joining the motorway. Fines are steep and enforced by camera.
0.01% for new drivers
Drivers with license under 2 years and under 21: 0.01% limit. Effectively zero alcohol.
Winter tires and chains
Winter tires mandatory in winter conditions. Snow chains required when the white sign with chain symbol is shown.
Strict speeding enforcement
Many fixed and mobile cameras. Fines and possible license withdrawal for serious speeding.
No driving in first lane with trailer
Trailers and caravans often banned from the left lane on multi-lane roads.
Guide last verified: 2026-02
General rules
Traffic Direction
Right Hand
Km/h or Mp/h
km/h
For business inquiries: contact@accudriver.io
Speed limits rules
Urban Area
50
30 in many residential areas
Speed road
100
Express road
130
Where to rent a car in Austria?
The best site to book your car rental is Discovered Cars. They will find the best prices from all big rental companies 👍
Required car kit
Triangle
Yes
First aid
Yes
Fire extinguisher
Recommended
Spare bulb
No
Tow Rope
No
Other differences in rules
Maximum promille alcohole
0.05
0.01% for drivers who have held a license for less than two years and drivers of vehicles over 7.5 tonnes