Germany considers motorway toll for cars

Germany's Transport Ministry is considering the introduction of a vignette, a toll ticket for the use of the nation’s motorways. The plans would require all German and foreign passenger car drivers to buy a vignette for the use of German motorways. Such a vignette for one year could cost €100. The innovative proposal would provide for low-emission vehicles to be granted a discount on the price of the vignette. Owners of cars registered in Germany would be allowed to offset the vignette cost against the m
November 8, 2013 Read time: 1 min
Germany's Transport Ministry is considering the introduction of a vignette, a toll ticket for the use of the nation’s motorways.

The plans would require all German and foreign passenger car drivers to buy a vignette for the use of German motorways. Such a vignette for one year could cost €100. The innovative proposal would provide for low-emission vehicles to be granted a discount on the price of the vignette. Owners of cars registered in Germany would be allowed to offset the vignette cost against the motor vehicle tax.

A spokeswoman for the German Transport Ministry stressed that if the vignette plan was implemented, the financial burden for owners of passenger cars registered in Germany would not rise.
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