Just received my Telepeage badge. No more queueing at autorouite tolls. Roll on next week. Anyone got any tips on what to do, or what not to do?
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Just keep to the left as you approach the toll station where you will see one (or sometimes two, side by side) large lower case letter t signs, slow down as you approach the barrier and maintain a constant speed of about 10 kph. The badge will beep and a second or so later the barrier will rise. Drive on through and accelerate once you have left the barrier behind. And if you park in big towns, remove the badge and take it with you. It can be a target for thieves. Otherwise, good luck!
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Not always on the left-sometimes on the right.Some of the bigger peage areas have pick-up on most lanes(small t over the lane)just pick the shortest.For people without the badge,lanes marked with CB will take UK credit cards(no PIN required),just your autoroute slip and c/card.
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Depending upon windscreen coating you may find that holding the unit outside the car gets a quicker response to allow you thro! In the Picasso I almost have to come to rest if it is inside the car, with the Fiesta I can 'drive' thro.
Be warned when the unit finally fails, you can only get it exchanged in the home area of the operator you have selected. However they implemented a high tech solution for failed units, you go via a manned toll booth and they read the bar code on the back of the unit so that no money (or ticket) changes hands. You get billed by the standard mechanism.
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pmh (was peter)
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What to do:
- Drive right up to the barrier. The very first time I tried mine, maybe I didn't go far enough forward, so jumped out and took the ticket, then gave it and the device to the woman at the manned booth at the other end.
- Feel content at avoiding the lane with the big queue, especially if the locals think they'll have one over on you on seeing you get stuck, when you can in fact pass through.
- Be even more content if you're on you're own to save having to get out use the machine or see the person on the other side.
What not to do:
- Use the far left gate with the bright orange signs if you want to use the rest area/loos that immediately follow many entry gates.
- Follow an ambulance through. My own experience, but I assume the one that passed me just before the gates with lights and siren going would have no trouble and the other gates had queues. Then I looked the rosbif numpty having to back up out of the gate, when in fact I had to to let the ambulance out so it could use another lane.
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The key thing is speed - slow walking pace is good - sometimes awkward to go back for another go if you have someone close behind...
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I really appreciated it this summer when driving around Reims. All the lanes were jammed up with about 20 cars in each - expect for the Telepeage one - no one infront, and I just drove through.
One question - I've been over twice this summer on Eurotunnel. On leaving the train, I head towards the A26 - both times, when I've reached the toll gate, I've had to take a ticket! Don't need it for the exit, don't have to do this at any other toll gate (and I've been through a lot now!) so I'm not too sure why this is! My dad joins at same place, but through the side gate as he comes from Bolougne and he doesn't need to take a ticket! Any one else have the same?
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Back from cruising the autoroutes. Telepeage unit performed well and is definitely worth the money in reducing delays at tolls. Just one bit of advice. If there is another vehicle in front don't get too close, especially if SWMBO is waiving the Telepeage unit in the windscreen. All you do is raise the barrier for the car in front. You then have to explain to the toll operators what has happened and get them to raise the barrier. I only did it once.
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Can anyone expand on this situation please, I see many BR's have used the liber-t system of the telepeage in France however if you go via the SANEF operators site it will cost you a 30 euro deposit for the "badge" but if you go to other operator sites these vary between 12 euro to free with the monthly charge staying in the region of 2 euro. The web site for liber-t says that you should use the autoroute operator nearest to your home or the route you use most often. My question is as I am resident in the UK can I go to the operator who runs the network in the Rhone valley (no deposit required) get my badge and as they state use it all over France as technically I would use their routes the most and I know that operators are happy to send badges to the UK and would they really be bothered where you lived/route used and would they really look into these things. I did contact SANEF who run the system in northern France and tried to play it by the book but seem to have caught up in some bureaucratic tangle with them making things difficult, we e-mail them in degree standard french and they reply in auto translate french which does not help, we imagine them sat in their autoroute office having great delight in messing about the "rosbifs". any pointers would be welcome.
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Sanef now have subsidiary in the UK. If you get a Liber-t tag from them, you pay by direct debit from a UK bank account and can deal with their UK service centre. http://www.saneftolling.co.uk
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