Toll road charges

[S1mon.]

Hi all, Can someone tell me if toll road charges are the same for cars & commercials? (3.5T)
I'm transporting a nice Austin Healey down to Montpezat, just south of Bordeaux next week.

Thanks.

[leyorkie]

Terms and conditions show upto and eqal 3.5 T is same as car. You may be asked to prove the Gross weight if an attendant decides otherwise.

http://www.sanef.com/Autoroute-mode-d-emploi/Le-pe...

Edited by leyorkie on Friday 7th January 11:36

Edited by leyorkie on Friday 7th January 11:38

[rdjohn]

This is based solely on experience rather than legalities, but when I have hired a high-top van – way below 3.5 tonnes, I have been charged more than a road car. When I tow my track car with a road car, I only ever pay the road car tariff.

I think that there is a IR beam near to the pay-point set at about 1.8m and that triggers the additional charge. Some peages have ticket spitters at 2 heights and the top one activates when you are using a tall vehicle.

Using a dynamic weighbridge to decide the tariff would be a much greater technical challenge (you need to stop to for a static load or accurately add individual axle weights for the dynamic load) and this would leave them open to appeal - Weigh the truck after you unload it a bit (3.4T) and claim their equipment is faulty. Vehicle height is pretty indisputable.

[S1mon.]

Looks like class 2 then as i'll be over 2m high, but just under 3 hopefully.

Thanks guys.