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Riding in Switzerland
I have just one question: I know that to drive a car on the motorway in Switzerland you need a special pass, which costs a fair bit. What's the situation re: motorbikes?
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It's been a couple of years since I was in Switzerland but you did need a ticket if you intended to ride a bike on the motorway. If you don't go on the motorway you don't need it, but don't get caught on one without it. You had to buy a yearly pass which was a bit much if you were only going through in a couple of days.
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I have just one question: I know that to drive a car on the motorway in Switzerland you need a special pass, which costs a fair bit. What's the situation re: motorbikes?
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I entered Switzerland (briefly to pass through Geneva) by car two weeks ago and I enquired of the Border/Customs guards that the Vignette sticker is only required on Motorways/Autoroutes. They confirmed that is still the case. "No Autoroute - No Vignette"
But beware - road sign colours are different in Switzerland. Motorway/Autoroutes are signed in GREEN instead of the more usual BLUE. And main non-motorway roads are signed in BLUE instead GREEN, as in France.
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as far as I know, he price is the same for motorcars & bikes. I tried to check it via the internet and couldn't fine any other info than above. The price is CHF40, which is roughly 26 Euros.
Yep, this is only necessary for the Swiss motorways. But another point: make sure you stick to the speedlimits. I got a ticket for speeding: 2kms faster than the limit
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Thanks guys, will stay off the motorways and under the speed limit!
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I've gone through switzerland and stayed off motorways. The problem you have is, make sure the road you are taking into Switzerland isn't a motorway or you'll be stopped at the border and will have to buy a ticket. 
I actually left Switzerland ON a motorway that time but they didn't seem interested in people leaving, only people coming in.
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Thanks guys, will stay off the motorways and under the speed limit!
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Do not try do cross the flatlands north of the Alps on country roads. You'll soon be bored, tempted to go faster than 80 kph max and speeding is REALLY, expensive in Switzerland :-/
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