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Originally Posted by 954Stealth

I wonder if they'll put up tolls in the speed restriction zones or include them with the "end all restrictions" signs?

No, the way the German's will do it is with a Vignette decal/sticker and enforcement with cameras and polizei. No Vignette(you place the sticker on your windshield) and you will get Flashed(Blitz'd) and a fine/ticket comes in the mail or you pay on the spot in cash.


These camera bridges went up around 2005. The cost something like 350 million euros. EVERY truck that travels in Germany must have about 2K euros of special digital data logging equipment in the trucks and then they have to load a smart card at any gas station or truck stop that goes into the LKW Maut toll in every truck. The system uses satellites, GPS and fixed cameras as an enforcement. Plus every truck has a data recorder for speed and time - so the truck driver's only drive eight hours per day. Trucks(LKW's) are enforced by Polizei and special truck police called BAG. These guys look like Polizei, but the vans say BAG on them.


The trucks pay about 17 euro cents per Autobahn kilometer!