Traffic
Your safety is important to us! We invest heavily in traffic safety to ensure you arrive well and safely. Traffic safety is teamwork and requires the collaboration of all parties involved.
Do you have questions about hazardous areas or need information on speed limits? You can find all this and more in our Questions and Answers.
Help Centre - Traffic
Select a topic area – the frequently asked questions are listed right at the beginning.Frequently asked questions - Traffic
Please contact our ASFINAG Service Center by phone at 0800 400 12 400 (free of charge from Austria and Germany) or via the short code *200 (free of charge from Austrian mobile networks).
Changing speed limits are preventive measures to avoid traffic jams and to dissolve vehicle clusters.
Variable speed limits are activated automatically during specific traffic situations to prevent congestion and break up vehicle clusters (groups of vehicles driving closely together). For example, our automatic detection system can identify several vehicles driving closely together as an impending traffic jam and trigger a variable speed limit (e.g., 100–80–100 or 80–60–80).
In the actual traffic jam area, the speed is not further restricted; instead, the message "STAU" (traffic jam) is displayed on electronic signs.
Speed measurements and penalties for speeding are the responsibility of the executive authority (police). As a road operator, ASFINAG only has an assisting role (e.g., setting up signs, displaying warnings, etc.).
If you receive a fine for speeding, please contact the relevant authority.
Whenever work is being carried out in or around the tunnel, the speed in the tunnel must be reduced for safety reasons. This includes work inside the tunnel itself, as well as, for example, system tests of the technical tunnel equipment. Therefore, it is possible that no workers are visible in or near the tunnel during such activities.