Driving to Italy can the windscreen toll electronic tags

[ratboiler]

As we will be passing through France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy the tolls are a major hold up and it would be nice to be able to join those driving through the autiomatic side.
Is it possible to obtain the little unit that you stick on the windscreen so we can get straight through, even if it is only for France?
If so can you please detail.

Thanks in advance.

[marshalla]

The systems aren't integrated (yet) so you need one for each country.

https://www.saneftolling.co.uk/ for France.

https://tolltickets.com/default.aspx?lang=en-GB&am... for everywhere else.

[Gruber]

ratboiler said:

As we will be passing through France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy the tolls are a major hold up and it would be nice to be able to join those driving through the autiomatic side.
Is it possible to obtain the little unit that you stick on the windscreen so we can get straight through, even if it is only for France?
If so can you please detail.

Thanks in advance.

France and Italy work on different systems. I never found the queues in Italy to be all that bad, and on the roads I drove, they were much less frequent. I've got a french transponder but I don't think I'd bother with an italian one.

It's years since I've driven across Germany. I don't remember much about the system there.

And in Switzerland you need to buy a sticker for the window (about 30 CHF, if memory serves). You can get them at the border.

[jock mcsporran]

I use sanef for France. Had a blipper for years and it works fine. I think they have a place in Harrogate now so it makes things a little easier although when I've had to call France for change of details it's never been a problem. There's a few threads on the LeMans forum about them.

Can't remember ever having to pay tolls in Germany. Haven't done a lot of driving there though but have crossed East to West, SE to NW, S to N, etc.

Switzerland, get a vignette at the border or the first petrol station you arrive at.

Italy, some places (near Livorno springs to mind) used to have toll booths on the British side. The only issues have been occasionally around the roads at major cities but in many cases you can cover some huge distances before you need to pay a toll and, as mentioned, they're never too busy.

[sneijder]

Can't say I ever had more than one car in front if me, 300km north and the same south of Rome.