Hi all,
My dad is currently driving through France and is planning on coming to visit me in Switzerland (once I've moved there this weekend!)
He has heard that there are regulations in Switzerland concerning vehicles over a certain weight which means he would need to carry a tachometer and pay for all road use. But he thinks if he avoids motorways and tunnels he can avoid this.
Does anyone know firstly if this is true, and if so, whether he can drive from either France or Italy into Switzerland and up to Zurich avoiding tunnels and motorways!?
I have driven motorhomes all across Europe..
How big is it?? A monster of a motorhome???
USA style? or normal
Winnebago or Hymer?
Weight limits for motorhomes . Tachometers??!!
This is the first time I have heard of it/...
I suggest you phone TCS in switzerland or the AA in the UK
just to confirm, but in my humble opinion..
I doub it..
There is just a 40chf toll for using the motorway.
Hmm I don't think it's that big, but he is towing a trailer with a scooter on it!
But he mentioned a limit of 3.5 tonnes I think. It sounds like something intended for HGVs. But he said that apparently it's a nightmare because when you leave the country you have to find an official to take it back off you, and until then you build up more and more mileage!
There seems to be an EU ruling from 2006, so if your father is legal in France and Italy he should be legal here.
On the Swiss road ministry site, it states you do not need a Fahrtschreiber if the vehicle weighs less than 7.5 tons and is not used commercialy.
Article 3, on page 4 paragraph h)
http://www.dfs.astra.admin.ch/boxali...ng26fileDE.pdf
d) Fahrzeuge
Ah, excellent information, thank you very much!
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Well, my dad has been and gone now. The exact details were that his vehicle was about 5 tonnes and he was towing a trailer with a scooter, and the outcome was:
- he had to get a vignette for the trailer/scooter (I think it must have been for the trailer, as I've heard that scooters drive for free here)
- he had to fill in a special form for his motorhome instead of getting a vignette. This entails a charge on a per-day basis for being in Switzerland.
- there was no tachometer requirement.
In fact, the worst problem he had was finding somewhere to park the damn thing!!