As a New Year dawns so our European Neighbours have introduced or changed their Road Tolls.
France is introducing a new Toll system on the Route National network from June 2013 in the Alsace Region followed by a National rollout from September. It is based on a GPS system and not the current Pass and Go, so a new powered box has to be fitted with a penalty of €750 if not when stopped.
Thanks for the info, still trying to work out exactly what it means.
Do we now have the Tolls for the existing Autoroutes and then this toll all other major roads RN’s?
The toll box must have a permanent power supply.
So does it need installing like the German Box or can it be done by anybody reasonably competent?
Like to get more information about the Hungarian tolls, got a trip there this year.
What with the great European integration can they not agree on one powered GPS box that can be used in every eu country? Be no room for the driver in the cab soon with all the different boxes.
muckles:
So does it need installing like the German Box or can it be done by anybody reasonably competent?
Found the answer, can be plugged in the cigarette lighter.
Lets hope they do a better job of it than Slovakia.
Never been there what went wrong with it?
Also didn’t the German Maut system get delayed or changed because of problems with it?
For a start, it’s a time-consuming chore to obtain one. It involves signing several documents relating to the vehicle, the method of payment, the ownership of the device, etc.
I suppose if you were a regular visitor (more than once a month), after the initial purchase it would only entail topping-up as required.
However, if like me, you might only go there 2 - 3 times a year, the procedure has to be undertaken each time.
Worse still is trying to return the box:
Every time i’ve tried to return the box to a provider, they’ve either been closed for lunch, experiencing computer problems, or there’s been such a queue that i’ve been unable to park.
If there’s more than 50Euro credit left on, then the refund has to be payed to the truck operator, so requires their banking
details.
It just seems overly complicated.
It’s also a rather large device that has to be plugged into a cigarette lighter socket.
I also found out tonight when I got back from Madrid that you can no longer use Fuel Cards to pay the tolls with anymore. It has to be a Pass and Go tag from now on or cash. I was travelling with a tag anyway, so it was not an issue for me.
Puddlejumper:
I also found out tonight when I got back from Madrid that you can no longer use Fuel Cards to pay the tolls with anymore. It has to be a Pass and Go tag from now on or cash. I was travelling with a tag anyway, so it was not an issue for me.
In France? I’ve just been down to Montpellier and back in past week and used DKV all the way
Puddlejumper:
I also found out tonight when I got back from Madrid that you can no longer use Fuel Cards to pay the tolls with anymore. It has to be a Pass and Go tag from now on or cash. I was travelling with a tag anyway, so it was not an issue for me.
In France? I’ve just been down to Montpellier and back in past week and used DKV all the way
The Eco Tax does not come into force until July 2013 and applies to National and Departmental roads for vehicles over 3.5 tonne. It is based on distance with the cost being set at €0.12 per kilometre.
I suggested this would happen when the Germans dropped the Vignette for the Maut. It has forced many more transit vehicles onto the busy & free RN routes. All will happen in France is that they will probably have a new box on the CMR which requests mileage and they will charge that directly to the customer.
It does mention a direct charge to users on these links.
Puddlejumper:
I also found out tonight when I got back from Madrid that you can no longer use Fuel Cards to pay the tolls with anymore. It has to be a Pass and Go tag from now on or cash. I was travelling with a tag anyway, so it was not an issue for me.
This applies to SPAIN and not France.
The French Pass and Go tags work on the Spanish system but the ‘bleep’ is different.
I’m sorry if it wasn’t clear.
Puddlejumper:
I also found out tonight when I got back from Madrid that you can no longer use Fuel Cards to pay the tolls with anymore. It has to be a Pass and Go tag from now on or cash. I was travelling with a tag anyway, so it was not an issue for me.
This applies to SPAIN and not France.
The French Pass and Go tags work on the Spanish system but the ‘bleep’ is different.
I’m sorry if it wasn’t clear.
i thought that was only on the AP4 from seville to jerez i may be wrong i normally am
