Linz Car Rental Guide
This page provides you with information about car rental in Linz airport and downtown. You will also find some useful facts concerning car rental and driving in Austria as well as some general facts about the country.
Rental Restrictions
Driving Restrictions
The minimum driving age in Austria is 18 years. The use of seatbelts is compulsory for all passengers. Children under 12 may only sit in the front if seated in an approved child seat. The legal blood alcohol limit is 0.5‰.
Traffic is on the right and overtaking on the left. Passing on the right is only allowed on one-way streets or when passing trams or passing a vehicle that is indicating a left turn. You are forbidden to cross a solid yellow centre line. Flash your headlights to indicate you intention to pass.
While driving, headlights must always be on. You are only allowed to use the horn in cases of extreme danger.
“Blaue Zone” (Blue Zone) parking areas are indicated by blue lines on the road and require a parking disc. Unless your vehicle is visible from 50 metres away, you have to leave the parking lights on. Parking is prohibited within 15 metres of pedestrian crossings and public transportation stops. Do not park where there is a sign “Halten Verboten” and crosses on the road in front of houses.
Speed limits:| Area | Speed |
| Town | 50KM/H |
| Major roads | 100KM/H |
| Motorways | 130KM/H |
Emergency Numbers
Police: 133
Ambulance: 144
Fire: 122
Road Tolls
In Austria, motorways and speed roads have tolls. You have to purchase a ticket and display it on the windscreen. If driving without a valid toll label, you are subject to severe fines.
Some useful expressions for tourists visiting Austria
Car Rental Agency - Autovermietung
Road – die Autostrasse
About Linz
Like most cities of Austria, Linz, the second largest city in the country, is based on the Roman expansion to the North. In Linz, the old and the new live together in harmony; great efforts have been made to maintain the authentic feeling of the historic Old Town Quarter with its elegant and well-restored houses in the pedestrian zone.
You can take a ride on the steepest adhesion railway in the world and admire the view of the city and the River Danube. The city centre is each year transformed into a stage and street artists from all over the world get together. With internationally prominent institutions and festivals and many other activities Linz attracts a large number of tourists throughout the year.
Area:
Population: 200,000
Country: Austria
Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1 (+2 in summer)
Telephone Area Code: 70
Monetary unit: Euro
