Ukrainians have developed an app to pay tolls in Europe

The founders of the Penalties UA service to check and pay fines have created an app that allows you to find out about the availability of toll roads in seven EU countries and pay the tolls in advance.

The app is called eTOLLs and is designed primarily for Ukrainians who travel abroad and Europeans planning a vacation or business trip. For now, vignettes can be purchased for toll roads in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Austria, Bulgaria and Hungary. In time, the number of countries will expand.

One of the app's creators Denis Dmitrov said:

Driving on a toll road and not buying a vignette can pay a hefty fine if stopped by the police. The situation is exacerbated by not knowing the country's language. In addition, in Europe the process of buying a vignette is not always convenient and digitalised. The eTOLLs app aims to simplify this procedure.

With the eTOLLs app, you can pay tolls, bypass cash queues and make advance payments for tolls. In addition, all the necessary information about tolls is collected in one place.

Importantly, Russian users will not be able to use the app, as there is simply no function to buy a vignette for Russian numbers. If you enter such a number, the cost calculation and purchase function will not work.

In future updates of the app, the creators promise discounts on vignettes in exchange for safe driving (the founders are ready to bonus diligent drivers at their own expense and thereby popularise the culture of safe driving on the roads).