France - Freeflow Motorways -Payment options
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I am a Luddite and am worried about the new Freeflow autoroutes in France.
I was perfectly happy putting in my coins, euros and credit cards into the peage machines - just as I have been doing for decades.
I now hear that these new Freeflow autoroutes don’t allow for the above mentioned simple ways of settling the bill.
1) How extensive/ common/ widespread are these Freeflow autoroutes in.
I am planning to drive from Monaco to Agen and then from Agen to Cherbough
2) How easy is it to find a tobacconist which has the necessary Equipement to take a Freeflow autoroutes in payment?
3) if I really am forced into indulging in this new tech payment methods which is the simplest and safest payment method that I should adopt.
Thank you
I was perfectly happy putting in my coins, euros and credit cards into the peage machines - just as I have been doing for decades.
I now hear that these new Freeflow autoroutes don’t allow for the above mentioned simple ways of settling the bill.
1) How extensive/ common/ widespread are these Freeflow autoroutes in.
I am planning to drive from Monaco to Agen and then from Agen to Cherbough
2) How easy is it to find a tobacconist which has the necessary Equipement to take a Freeflow autoroutes in payment?
3) if I really am forced into indulging in this new tech payment methods which is the simplest and safest payment method that I should adopt.
Thank you
All you need to know https://www.sixt.com/magazine/tips/free-flow-toll-...
I have an Emovis tag which I use for travelling through France and not having to stop at toll booths.
It seems it works with the freeflow autoroutes and is handy for the rest of the autoroutes.
https://www.emovis-tag.co.uk/articles/Freeflow.202...
It seems it works with the freeflow autoroutes and is handy for the rest of the autoroutes.
https://www.emovis-tag.co.uk/articles/Freeflow.202...
Just buy an Emovis Tag, I've had one for many years and they're great. It's a few euros a year on top of the charges themselves to have and it removes any hassle.
Which would you rather do, pay 5-10 euros per year or spend every journey trying to work out how to pay, going to a shop, waiting, trying to sort in French etc and/or dealing with chasing letters?
Which would you rather do, pay 5-10 euros per year or spend every journey trying to work out how to pay, going to a shop, waiting, trying to sort in French etc and/or dealing with chasing letters?
Just travelled the A13 from Paris to Normandy. Payment, if you haven't got an electronic tag, is by internet. It is very clearly marked in both English and French on signs at fairly regular intervals, together with the website address and the time to pay. See the SANEF website for certain of the N. French autoroutes, that gives you 72 hours to pay. www.sanef.com/index-en.html
The tag does its usual bleep when you pass under an overhead gantry that it would normally do as you pass through a toll booth. The toll booths are all being removed and it made for a faster trip without the queues.
The tag does its usual bleep when you pass under an overhead gantry that it would normally do as you pass through a toll booth. The toll booths are all being removed and it made for a faster trip without the queues.
Edited by trunnie on Thursday 22 May 12:42
Just get one of these, simple, quick, avoids queues
https://www.emovis-tag.co.uk/subscription?ref=RF-2...
I assume the idea is that eventually there will be loads more of the gantries so that every inch of certain Autoroutes are covered, rather just replacing the existing peage barriers?
(eg. on the A13 those of us traveling to/from Le Mans don't go through any barriers on the section between Rouen and the A28 (or whatever the N138 is called these days) turn off, so get a 'freebie'.)
(eg. on the A13 those of us traveling to/from Le Mans don't go through any barriers on the section between Rouen and the A28 (or whatever the N138 is called these days) turn off, so get a 'freebie'.)
Thank you all.
1) I was not aware that you could pay through the internet
Do you just register with SANEF and do they send you a bill every 24 hours that you have to settle within 72 hours?
Is this a reliable way of avoiding a fine ?
2) Has anyone tried paying at a newsagents type kiosk , and if so how widespread are such kiosks ?
3) Do you have to preload an emovis type tag with money and if so how easy is it to get the remaining money out of the account once the trip is over
Thank you
1) I was not aware that you could pay through the internet
Do you just register with SANEF and do they send you a bill every 24 hours that you have to settle within 72 hours?
Is this a reliable way of avoiding a fine ?
2) Has anyone tried paying at a newsagents type kiosk , and if so how widespread are such kiosks ?
3) Do you have to preload an emovis type tag with money and if so how easy is it to get the remaining money out of the account once the trip is over
Thank you
carspath said:
Thank you all.
1) I was not aware that you could pay through the internet
Do you just register with SANEF and do they send you a bill every 24 hours that you have to settle within 72 hours?
Is this a reliable way of avoiding a fine ?
2) Has anyone tried paying at a newsagents type kiosk , and if so how widespread are such kiosks ?
3) Do you have to preload an emovis type tag with money and if so how easy is it to get the remaining money out of the account once the trip is over
Thank you
1) Dunno1) I was not aware that you could pay through the internet
Do you just register with SANEF and do they send you a bill every 24 hours that you have to settle within 72 hours?
Is this a reliable way of avoiding a fine ?
2) Has anyone tried paying at a newsagents type kiosk , and if so how widespread are such kiosks ?
3) Do you have to preload an emovis type tag with money and if so how easy is it to get the remaining money out of the account once the trip is over
Thank you
2) Dunno
3) No, you register your payment card and the charge goeas to that autoatically- Well it does for my Sanef/Bip&Go.
Have had my "tag" since 2004, never had a problem apart from having to swap the tag when the battery wears out - done this just twice in that time.
carspath said:
3) Do you have to preload an emovis type tag with money and if so how easy is it to get the remaining money out of the account once the trip is over
The fees are below. So it's basically fixed charges of an up-front 30 euros (of which 20 is a returnable deposit), then 10 euros per year. Then when you drive in France they charge you the fees plus 7 euros for every month used. It's all paid by Direct Debit from your bank account.I got mine years ago, so have long forgotten about the application fees. I don't use it many years, but hardly mind about the 10 euros since I know I have the device ready when I do want it. I also lend it to friends and family when they go to France (just order extra windscreen clip-mounts) and they repay me after their trips.
If you're only likely going to France once in the next decade you can always get it and return it after the trip.
carspath said:
Thank you all.
1) I was not aware that you could pay through the internet
Do you just register with SANEF and do they send you a bill every 24 hours that you have to settle within 72 hours?
Is this a reliable way of avoiding a fine ?
Thank you
For the Paris to Normandy motorway. Which I think is the only one so far to move to the no barrier system just go to the sanef website a couple of days later, enter your reg number and pay, no need to register with them or set up an account 1) I was not aware that you could pay through the internet
Do you just register with SANEF and do they send you a bill every 24 hours that you have to settle within 72 hours?
Is this a reliable way of avoiding a fine ?
Thank you
Guyr said:
Just buy an Emovis Tag, I've had one for many years and they're great. It's a few euros a year on top of the charges themselves to have and it removes any hassle.
Which would you rather do, pay 5-10 euros per year or spend every journey trying to work out how to pay, going to a shop, waiting, trying to sort in French etc and/or dealing with chasing letters?
I’d rather go on the website and pay, 30 second job, couldn’t be easier Which would you rather do, pay 5-10 euros per year or spend every journey trying to work out how to pay, going to a shop, waiting, trying to sort in French etc and/or dealing with chasing letters?
FredericRobinson said:
I’d rather go on the website and pay, 30 second job, couldn’t be easier
Your right and your choice of course, but the other reason I bought mine was also the benefit of not queuing for all the barrier toll-booths that have existed for years and still continue to exist.Every time I've driven to the South of France in the Summer it has saved me 1-2 hours of queues each way, by just driving through the non-stop lanes, whilst the rest of the autoroute is backed up for hundreds of metres or more at every peage.
FredericRobinson said:
I’d rather go on the website and pay, 30 second job, couldn’t be easier
Exactly! I saw the signs when I drove down to Tenerife last Feb.Checked the website and I owed nothing.
A month later I came back through the area a slightly different way and didn't remember to check.
A few weeks later I was showing the site to someone as an example, and on putting in my reg it said that I owed €2 lol.
I paid and added an email to explain why it was late as it's supposed to be settled within 72 hours.
They wrote back to say that as a first 'offence' there would be no fine and thanks for paying the bill.
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