Has anyone ever been fined for not displaying a “CH” sticker (or having a small sticker) on their car while driving abroad? I’m curious if this is something authorities actually enforce or if it’s more of a formality in most places.
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Posted by slowmotiontortoise
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No, I preferred just to pay the 4 CHF or however much it was to not have to worry about it.
From my experience, they enforced it only if you are a dickhead with them. I have the small one, and the few times I got controlled they did not fine me. But the same police officer fined a friend of mine that did not want to get alcohol control and started yelling at the officer. Happened in Germany.
i have been driving to Italy at least 3 times a year for avout 7 years now and have never been fined.
am starting to believe it’s a conspiracy of gas stations and the big sticker industrial complex to lobby us into thinking it’s required
There is zero way I am putting one of those ugly things on my car and I have driven in Germany, France and Italy and never been fined. I see tons of swiss cars without it. Join the silent revolution and resist the sticker!
I bought a car that looks really nice and this sticker is just fugly.
Small one will get you fined anyway
So I bought a magnetic one 🙂 issue is, turns out my car boot is aluminium so it doesn’t stick.
I have it in my glove compartment, but didn’t have to do the “officer, I bought it just before this trip and it turned out it doesn’t stick” yet 🙂
Never in all these years. Neither happened or heard of it happening. If you don’t want the sticker you can buy the magnetic one. Really easy and doesn’t fall off, even in winter.
I always wondered what this sticker was for…
Driving regularly in France and Austria. Don’t have it. Never got stopped nor finned.
Girlfriends dad got fined once 10ish years ago and he won’t shut up about it every time we drive to Germany
About ten years ago, my parents were fined in Spain just because they didn’t have the CH sticker
Almost every country in the continental Europe (even non-EU) has the blue square with the country code inside it. What’s the reason for not having it in Switzerland as well? It’s not like it’s a EU regulation, non-EU countries did it as well because it just makes more sense in the continental Europe where you have cars from many countries driving all around. Switzerland is small, and most people drive outside Switzerland on a regular basis. Also the sticker is ugly and not practical.
I almost got fined in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Wiggled my way out of it.
Just get yourself a magnet and put it on whenever you go to EU/ any other foreign country.
Never in all my years. Driven Swiss cars in most of the European countries for nearly 30 years now…
6 years of regularly driving between AT/DE/IT and never got a fine for this. Even during „random“ checks on the DE and AT autobahn.
The ppl that care dont know and the ppl who know dont care, nobody outside of Switzerland gives a fuc if you have that thing or not
My hot take: I think they look cool, it’s being part of a very small club.
From experience ive driven through many countires and have never been fined, although i heard italy is pretty strict but never went through italy so idk. Otherwise Balkan states and also Germany, France etc. never have said anything
yup 70 Euro in Genova
My parents were stopped by the Italian police for not having one. They managed to talk their way out of the fine though.
No, I don’t use it and I’m driving all over Europe.
It’s more a thing that gets added if you get caught for something else than a direct fine. And it is a bit of a left over from times where stuff wasn’t as connected.
Never
Had several cars the last 20 years. Went abroad fairly often…never owned a CH sticker. I like to live dangerous. Haha
Just use the magnet ones.
Been all over Europe and they never gave a shit, some people got fined, just get a magnetic one for 1.- and use it when you go abroad, remove it when you don’t need it, better safe than sorry.
Yes indeed! About 4 years ago I was pulled over by the Austrian police on the highway on the grounds that my passenger was not wearing a seatbelt, which was not true and the policeman could not prove it except for the words “I saw it” when he realized that he was not getting anywhere with it, he told me “oh, you don’t have a CH tag, that’s a 20 euro fine” which I had to pay on the spot and was allowed to continue driving.
I love it, it’s so 90s