Telepass - Toll box for Italy

The Telepass brand is an electronic toll system for the automated collection of tolls by radio on motorways in Italy and other countries. The Telepass system was introduced in 1989 and can be used for all common vehicle types. Telepass consists of a small, battery-operated electronic box, the on-board unit (OBU), which is simply attached to the windscreen of the vehicle next to the interior mirror.

Yes, with a large motorhome you can also pay the toll in Austria with our toll box for vehicles over 3 metres in height and over 3.5 tonnes in weight in addition to Italy, France, Spain and Portugal. For all other vehicles, the toll box for vehicles up to 3 metres in height is the right choice. This works in Italy (excluding Sicily), France, Spain and Portugal.

The toll box, also known as a Telepass, allows you to use the Telepass lanes at the toll station. This means you can simply drive through without stopping. The Telepass registers every passage and automatically forwards the calculation to maut1.de. Once a month, we debit the toll charges from your stored payment method and you don't have to worry about a thing.

There is no difference. Telepass is just a specific name for a type of toll box.

In Italy, some traffic rules are different to those in Germany. So that you can enjoy your holiday carefree, we have compiled the most important rules in our blog.Information on traffic rules, penalties and fines in Italy compiled for you.

Tolls are payable on almost all Italian motorways, with the exception of the A2 in southern Italy from Salerno to Reggio di Calabria (still numbered A3 until the end of 2016), which is toll-free. In Sicily, only the A20 between Messina and Palermo and the A18 from Messina to Catania are subject to separate tolls.

If the motorway toll in Italy is not paid on time, the outstanding toll will first be claimed by the Italian debt collection agency Nivi SpA and later by a German debt collection agency (including additional processing fees), which can take up to 10 years after the toll was incurred.

In Italy, there are so-called "Zona Traffico Limitato (ZTL)" in several major cities (currently e.g. Arezzo, Bologna, Bolzano, Florence, Genoa, Milan, Palermo, Pisa, Rome, Trieste, Turin, Venice or Verona).

This means a restricted traffic zone into which only vehicles with a special licence may enter. A general or time-limited driving ban applies.

Further information is available e.g. forMailand,Bologna andPalermo.

You can pay the toll either in cash, by credit card or with a toll box (Telepass system). Many stations have automatic pay stations and separate lanes for Telepass users.

Toll roads in Italy are generally well signposted. You can recognise them by the green motorway sign with the word ‘Autostrada’ and by the signs at the toll stations.