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So far no luck, had a reply back for Austria which says that the CofC plus indication from FIAT UK is not sufficient.
I now need to go back to FIAT and ask for an alternative.
I've also asked Go why the fact that it was registered after 2006 and therefore has to be EuroIV compliant is not enough!
Good day today!!
With huge help from Tim at Fiat UK and Juergen at Fiat Austria, the ASFINAG have agreed to change the documents required to prove Euro 4 compliance to include the European Certificate of Conformity which will show that it meets Eu directive 2003/76B on emissions, ie Euro4.
Everyone should have a CofC for their van, certainly Swift provide one as I have it.
I can't prove that this will work as their appears to be a 3 month time limit so if you apply for the certificate you have to get a Go Box within 3 months or else you are back to square one and have to apply again. I'm not going until June but at the moment ASFINAG are saying to me that I can reapply with a CofC and they will give me the certificate that I have proved Euro 4 compliance.
The forms etc on the Go website will be changed in the next two weeks to reflect this.
Hopefully a result, I would be grateful if anyone who is travelling there in the next 3 months could try it and let me know if it works.
Hello all,
We just want to take a different route to Ancona on our trip to Greece.
Thought we would give Austria a try. After reading all your messages, think we`ll give it a miss. As a truck driver with experience of european driving I havent seen anything like it before. If you want to visit Austria then I understand the need to pursue this procedure, but not for us passing through.
Best of luck
Regards, Rex and Denise
Has anyone been stopped and had their Max weight checked by the Austrian police?
Secondly, have any of you driving < 3.5t MHs on restricted roads noticed any MHs which are from your knowledge > 3.5t, and did you see blue-flashing lights behind?
Geoff
Yes. We were waved onto a weighbridge at the side of the Autoroute. The Police made us stop on the weigh platform for a few seconds then waved us through.
We wasn't that bothered as we already had a Go-Box
Good luck to those that try and avoid the gantries. It will be very difficult
Yes. We were waved onto a weighbridge at the side of the Autoroute. The Police made us stop on the weigh platform for a few seconds then waved us through.
We wasn't that bothered as we already had a Go-Box
Good luck to those that try and avoid the gantries. It will be very difficult
Doug[/quote
How does the gantry camera computer know what the plated weight is for the vehicle? Even if they share data with DVLA, my V5C shows 3850kg but the plated weight at purchase 3500kg.
I suspect that for those vehicles that can be above or below the 3500 cut-off according to owner's preference the Austrian authorities may not be that bothered if their desire is to stop the 44t trucks
Is this thread a THEORETICAL worry and should be ignored.
Alternatively, for those who are too worried to ignore it, maybe set up a co-operative fund, pay in say Euro 10 each and pay out to those who get caught. If none, there is a good fund for a Christmas party or for charity.
The more I read about going through Austria the more confused i get. Going to Slovenia in 3.8 Renault master. Renault told me that its Euro 1 so looks like we have an expensive bill to come.
chris
Well here we are having just left Austria. The actual Go Box Emmissions carry on was fairly simple once I obtained a CoC from Fiat. I e-mailed the documents. That was the CoC, V5 and the application form.
As you venture close to the Austrian border you see the Go Box sign on the service station notices. We bought ours a few miles before the border. They wanted to see my V5 just for the registration mark. The guy set the number of axles and explained I have 14 days to prove my emmissions catagory. We loaded the box with 100 Euros plus an extra 5 Euros for the box.
We headed south as far as Villach then onto Venice. On the way back up from Venice, heading to Saltzburg the Go Box started to double bleep when passing a detector. Eventually it started to bleep 4 times. On reading the back of the reciept we go 2 bleeps means low credit and 4 means empty. We called into a go station as we were mow heading out of Austria north to Prague. The minimum top up is 75 Euros plus the 6 Euros I was owe due to the box running out of credit. I'm not sure how much is left in the go box but it made 2 bleeps a good few times before we eventually crossed the border out of Austria.
We loved our time and it's a lovely place. However, it seems a bit expensive at a total cost of 185 Euros to go through the country and back. I don't think we would do it again.
We are currently in the Prague and they too have introduced the Go Box. However with the help of Tom Tom we managed to stay off the Toll Motorways, something which is impossible in Austria if you are over 3.5 Tonnes
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