side by side's good
but wait for the 1st bike to set the Class 5 rate before you pull level...
Beware of Toll issues
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but wait for the 1st bike to set the Class 5 rate before you pull level...
Good point.
Or use the free motorbike lane, usually to the far right or left hand side...
I've only seen those on bridges such as Tancarville or Pont de Normandie
indylead
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They also don't have them on the autoroutes around Toulouse / Bordeau, from there to Paris or across to Geneva.
Jeez this subject been done to death. 
To save yourself all the dramas get one of the toll dooferaters from here http://www.telepeagepourtous.fr/fr/particulier/toutes_nos_offres/formule_balade if you use google chrome it will translate the page.
Link it to your pre paid Euro debit card (Caxton / Fair FX etc ) to pay the tolls.
The cost will be €10 for the dooferater including postage to a UK address, plus €1-60 for e statements for any month that you have used the toll road plus whatever the toll charge is (you can check your toll charges on line). Order online and the dooferater will be with you within 14 days. Simple.
Last month when I used it I stopped at the ticket machine waited a few seconds, green light came on and the barrier lifted.
Magic
Phil.
And everytime it got the class 5 right.
To save yourself all the dramas get one of the toll dooferaters from here http://www.telepeagepourtous.fr/fr/particulier/toutes_nos_offres/formule_balade if you use google chrome it will translate the page.
Link it to your pre paid Euro debit card (Caxton / Fair FX etc ) to pay the tolls.
The cost will be €10 for the dooferater including postage to a UK address, plus €1-60 for e statements for any month that you have used the toll road plus whatever the toll charge is (you can check your toll charges on line). Order online and the dooferater will be with you within 14 days. Simple.
Last month when I used it I stopped at the ticket machine waited a few seconds, green light came on and the barrier lifted.
Magic
Phil.
And everytime it got the class 5 right.
Does it actually work with a caxton card? I'd be very surprised if it did. Caxton and other prepaid currency cards very frequently don't work at tolls and Caxton recommend you don't use them for autoroute tolls.Jeez this subject been done to death.
To save yourself all the dramas get one of the toll dooferaters from here http://www.telepeagepourtous.fr/fr/particulier/toutes_nos_offres/formule_balade if you use google chrome it will translate the page.
Link it to your pre paid Euro debit card (Caxton / Fair FX etc ) to pay the tolls.
The cost will be €10 for the dooferater including postage to a UK address, plus €1-60 for e statements for any month that you have used the toll road plus whatever the toll charge is (you can check your toll charges on line). Order online and the dooferater will be with you within 14 days. Simple.
Last month when I used it I stopped at the ticket machine waited a few seconds, green light came on and the barrier lifted.
Magic
Phil.
And everytime it got the class 5 right.
What happens if you use the badge and there's no money in your account?
Jeez this subject been done to death.
To save yourself all the dramas get one of the toll dooferaters from here http://www.telepeagepourtous.fr/fr/particulier/toutes_nos_offres/formule_balade if you use google chrome it will translate the page.
Link it to your pre paid Euro debit card (Caxton / Fair FX etc ) to pay the tolls.
The cost will be €10 for the dooferater including postage to a UK address, plus €1-60 for e statements for any month that you have used the toll road plus whatever the toll charge is (you can check your toll charges on line). Order online and the dooferater will be with you within 14 days. Simple.
Last month when I used it I stopped at the ticket machine waited a few seconds, green light came on and the barrier lifted.
Magic
Phil.
And everytime it got the class 5 right.
I go, usually, in May on the bike and pay by card or cash and in July by car and only pay by cash. The car and cash combo is easy because my wife is in the passenger seat and has the ticket ready and money (notes and coin).
She is small and we are in a Mini Cabriolet so reaching the ticket and money slots has always meant she has to kneel up on the seat and hang out the window to perform the operation. The problem this year was that she hurt her back and it became a problem for her to pay the tolls.
Question 1: Can you use the same " t-reader" for both the car and the bike or do you need one for each.
Question 2: I see from the site that there is a holder to mount on the windscreen in the car what way or where do you mount it on the bike?
Question 3: is it powered by rechargeable batteries?
Thanks
Q1 One device will do all vehicles
Q2 Just put it in the breast pocket of your jacket, probably in a small plastic bag if your pocket leaks. Leave it there all through your trip, the detector will find it.
Q3 No, sealed for life
PS Getting a bigger wife would probably be easier.
Q2 Just put it in the breast pocket of your jacket, probably in a small plastic bag if your pocket leaks. Leave it there all through your trip, the detector will find it.
Q3 No, sealed for life
PS Getting a bigger wife would probably be easier.
But surely he's not using the Caxton card at the toll...thats the whole point...he's using the 'dooferator'...the Caxton card is being used to settle the subsequent 'dooferator' account...or am I missing something?? What happens if there is no money is the same as what happens if you pay your electric/gasetcetc through your cc and there are insufficient funds?? I'm not sure you CAN link a prepaid card to pay a/c's, but it would seem he has?
Motorcycles are now illegal on French motorways, as they create queues of irate Frenchmen whilst hapless riders contact the operators seeking activation of the ticket machines. They have also been banned from ALL petrol stations as the card readers will not work, especially on Sundays. Under EU legislation, this ban will be extended to ALL member states by June 2015.
For historic data on the relative costs: https://www.saneftolling.co.uk/support/toll_rates
Still can't work it out as it's in foreign? OK: http://www.autoroutes.fr/FCKeditor/UserFiles/File/Tarifs 2014(3).pdf
There's a helpful picture of a motorbike on the top of the relevant column and pictures of other vehicles, too. Do you recognise them all? It's a fun game to spot them all as you ride along
not all are french but feck 'em all anyway, they invented the toll system for thier roads, so let the feckers wait, better still take time to remove gloves, open pocket, remove purse of small change pay by coin, small as possible count it out carefully, drop change, pick it up, put gloves back on carefully, then remove again to replace purse in pocket, replace gloves, step off bike to stretch legs, get back on, start engine, ride off grinning at heat haze of rage in large queue
(smiley just for wapping, ISTRC he likes threads with smileys so much)Well, rather than speculate, I've just ordered on with my Caxton card (you can, but it takes a bit of hunting aound to be able to pay with a card rather than by direct debit).
All went through OK. I report back what happens when I actually use the device in anger.
I used the Caxton pre paid card to pay the balance of the account, you go into the client area of the site when you have registered the badge where you can check a few days later how much you have been charged for any tolls you go through, if it's the wrong class use google translate to write an email to inform them of the error and it will be rectified.
At the end of the month they will bill you the amount for the tolls and tell you when they will be debiting your pre paid account just ensure you have sufficient funds on the card.
Hope this helps.
Phil.
And if not?
Certainly more help than " Jeez this has been done to death!"
Looks like the card could be worthwhile for bikes after all.
Thanks
Al
That's a relief - I thought there might be serious consequenciesThey will send some Legion hitmen to hunt you down.
Not always available at the pay end ! Be warned we were caught out like this in 2010
Jesus fecking christ.
French toll roads have been in operation for decades, and still GS owners are having a mini adventure trying to fathom out how to proceed on an autoroute, the very same autoroutes that hundreds of thousands of vehicles (including mototrcycles) manage to use every day without any problems.....
French toll roads have been in operation for decades, and still GS owners are having a mini adventure trying to fathom out how to proceed on an autoroute, the very same autoroutes that hundreds of thousands of vehicles (including mototrcycles) manage to use every day without any problems.....
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