Reaching Switzerland by Road

Switzerland has one of the most efficient road system which is known to be a two-class highway system where the motorways is separated for oncoming traffic and with a standard maximal speed limit of 120 Kilometers per hour. The local names for the motorways are into different languages as Autobahnen in German, Autoroutes in French, Autostrade in Italian and Autostradas in Romansch which makes the national motorways of Switzerland. The reaching Switzerland by road is through two of the important motorways as the A1 which runs from St. Margrethen in North-Eastern Switzerland's canton of St. Gallen through to Geneva.

If one visit towards the Southwestern Switzerland and also A2, which runs from Basel in NorthWestern Swizterland to the Chissao in Southern Switzerland's Canton of Ticino, which is also using the Gotthard Road Tunnel. The reaching Switzerland by road is easy as it has many auto-routes and if one goes towards the Italian-speaking Switzerland it is known as Autostrade where the Swiss motorways have defined a general speed limit of 120 Km/h or 75 mph. The local bus service connects all the major road with arterial roads but the road transport is for the enthusiasts who want to go for a long drive towards the hills and mountains and most of the time it is also travelled by the bikers who love mountain passes to carry on with their pillion rider to the highest of the mountain passes.

The Swiss Autobahn or the auto-route system which requires he purchase of a vignette or a toll sticker which costs 40 Swiss Francs for the one calendar year in order to use its roadways for both of the passengers cars and the trucks making it easy for reaching Switzerland by road. The Swiss Vignette is offered only as an annual toll sticker and the trucks also have to pay toll based on tonnage and the distance to be covered. The cantons are abandoned the right to raise road on it's own and bridging the tolls to Confederation along with funding the road system which is partly through the vignette. The motor tax is paid for every registered vehicle and through federal taxes while the purchase of gasoline and the diesel fuel helps in paying a certain amount of tax on per litre.

The roads are smooth and at times the Swiss Air Force use it to get the touchdown of aircraft on it as most of the roads are without any median for 2 Km and the side-rails could be removed immediately within hours for the landing of air-crafts. Apart from that the reaching Switzerland by road is known for it's beauty which lies in the grasslands, tiny villages, wooden chalets and the picturesque skiing slopes which is visited by many through roads. The reaching Switzerland by road is easy and enjoyed by many chocolate and wine lovers as most of such factory and outlets could be seen around the corner of some remote and scenic villages where one could see the Alpine villages, glacial lakes, cheese factories and the picturesque skiing slopes could be reached easily by road.