French Peages and Motorcycles

[StewMcgrew]

I have a Liber-t toll tag for the french toll so I don't have to use card, card or queue as I can use the fast pass.

If I use the fast pass on the bike I will be charge as a Class 1 (car) not a class 5 (motorcycle) which is half price.

given this, has anyone tried "doubling up" with a buddy through the automated peage?

[voyager600]

http://www.tolltickets.com/country/france/libert.a...

[StewMcgrew]

I got that, but I don't want to have to queue with all the cagers ;o) and then to get the tag out, hand it over then put it away again.

I would like to know if two of us riding side-by-side could go through automatic ones

[DuraAce]

StewMcgrew said:

I would like to know if two of us riding side-by-side could go through automatic ones

Nothing to stop you physically doing that but I think you'd attract attention from the Police.

[5bob]

The other thing you'll find now is as most are automated you'll pay car prices anyway as we found out last year.

[fergus]

StewMcgrew said:

I got that, but I don't want to have to queue with all the cagers ;o) and then to get the tag out, hand it over then put it away again.

I would like to know if two of us riding side-by-side could go through automatic ones

Per https://www.saneftolling.co.uk/support/faq/support...

4.4. I’ve got a motorcycle?

You can use a Liber-t tag with a motorcycle with some limitations, the main one being that to avoid being charged as Class 1 vehicle you must use the manual lane and hand over the tag to the person in the toll booth. They will use a barcode scanner to read the tag and will charge you as a Class 5 vehicle. The main advantage is that it saves you fumbling for cash / payment cards with gloves on but you should not use the automated lanes. If there is no manned lane, use the automated Liber-t lane. When using the automated lane on a motorcycles just hold your tag up to the gantry, label side facing you. Take care the vehicle (or other motorbike) behind is not too close as the equipment in the automated lane may register you as a larger vehicle and charge for a car (class 1). You can check your transactions in the 'My Account' area a few days later. If this happens you would need to contact us and request a toll adjustment. If you use the automatic lane then we can only request a toll adjustment if you have used the non-height restricted Liber-t lane, all vehicles using the 2 meter height restricted lane will be classed as class 1 with no option to adjust this.

[podman]

StewMcgrew said:

I would like to know if two of us riding side-by-side could go through automatic ones

Yep, we do that for many tolls...especially useful trick if you have lost your toll ticket!

[Alex@POD]

podman said:

StewMcgrew said:

I would like to know if two of us riding side-by-side could go through automatic ones

Yep, we do that for many tolls...especially useful trick if you have lost your toll ticket!

A guy I knew would do that in his car, just kept very close to the car in front as it went through...