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01/05/2008, 16:37 johna Joined on 25/04/2008 Posts 1 SANEF/LIber-T Autoroute Toll-Master 2 years ago we subscribed to a French service which comes from their equivilent of our Highways Agency. The service is from www.sanef.com and it is called Liber-T (Liberty!!!) Basically it is a small passive electonic device that mounts on your windscreen and allows to bypass all of those long, infernal queues at the motorwway toll gates (Peage). You can apply for one from the UK, there is a very small monthly hire charge for the unit and each toll gate fee amount gets automatically deducted from your nominated charge card/debit card account. You also get an itemised bill for each outbound or inbound journey. We reckon we save between 1-2 hrs each time we do our twice yearly Calais-Grenoble-Calais ski run. The best bit though, is watching the expression on all of the faces in other GB cars as they patiently queue and we zip past in the Peage Liber-t priority lane.That alone is worth the small monthly hire charge.      Report

01/05/2008, 16:45 cassis Joined on 28/12/2007 Manhattan and Glasgow Posts 309 Re: SANEF/LIber-T Autoroute Toll-Master Hi Johna. The official name for a telepeage badge is a "doofah" or "doofer". Try doing a search for "doofah" or "doofer". Or share the joy of fellow doofer owners here: http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/783507/ShowPost.aspx I didn't know you could get them in the UK, though.  Do you have a link for that? Zoggy played guitar, jammin' good with Weird and Golly. Lyrics copyright Sausage Music 2008    Report

01/05/2008, 18:36 Bugbear Joined on 15/11/2006 Vienne (86) Posts 3,518 Re: SANEF/LIber-T Autoroute Toll-Master  johna wrote: and allows to bypass all of those long, infernal queues at the motorwway toll gates (Peage). We reckon we save between 1-2 hrs each time we do our twice yearly Calais-Grenoble-Calais ski run. The best bit though, is watching the expression on all of the faces in other GB cars as they patiently queue and we zip past in the Peage Liber-t priority lane.That alone is worth the small monthly hire charge. It must be very inconvenient for you...................having to share the roads with all those annoying drivers. You saved 1-2 hours wow,.............................all that extra time to spend on the apres-ski.   "Life is Short - Forgive Quickly - Love Truly - Laugh Uncontrollably"    Report

02/05/2008, 9:39 trees 2 Joined on 28/04/2008 Posts 66 Re: SANEF/LIber-T Autoroute Toll-Master  Bugbear wrote:  johna wrote: and allows to bypass all of those long, infernal queues at the motorwway toll gates (Peage). We reckon we save between 1-2 hrs each time we do our twice yearly Calais-Grenoble-Calais ski run. The best bit though, is watching the expression on all of the faces in other GB cars as they patiently queue and we zip past in the Peage Liber-t priority lane.That alone is worth the small monthly hire charge. It must be very inconvenient for you...................having to share the roads with all those annoying drivers. You saved 1-2 hours wow,.............................all that extra time to spend on the apres-ski.   Woops! Someone got out of bed the wrong side, BB?    Report

02/05/2008, 13:02 Bugbear Joined on 15/11/2006 Vienne (86) Posts 3,518 Re: SANEF/LIber-T Autoroute Toll-Master Moi ?.................................................. "Life is Short - Forgive Quickly - Love Truly - Laugh Uncontrollably"    Report

03/05/2008, 0:25 Alan Zoff Joined on 27/07/2005 Allier 03 Posts 510 Re: SANEF/LIber-T Autoroute Toll-Master Admittedly the autoroutes I use may be quieter than some others but I seem to get through the peages almost as quickly (as the doofer-users) with my French carte bancaire. And I receive a small credit against my bank charges each time I use the card. Frankly, I already begrudge paying so much in fuel and toll charges, without giving the highway agency extra for a device that might save a few seconds per trip. Now if they gave a toll discount for doofer-users.... "Live your dreams, don't dream your life"    Report

03/05/2008, 7:23 cassis Joined on 28/12/2007 Manhattan and Glasgow Posts 309 To doofer or not to doofer If we use it twice a month and pay by direct debit our doofer is effectively free. But I agree that the argument for it is weak unless you a) have a right hand drive car and no passenger b) use regularly congested motorway exits for major cities, ski resorts in season ) and the like or c) use motorways for your work. Most exits don't have queues most of the time, plus a lot of doofer lanes seem to be open to non-doofer owners which means that you still have to queue behind them anyway!  Before the doofer we used to do as Alan suggests and use the credit card lane.  I can't say that the doofer changed my life, once the novelty wore off.  Zoggy played guitar, jammin' good with Weird and Golly. Lyrics copyright Sausage Music 2008    Report

03/05/2008, 9:41 Alan Zoff Joined on 27/07/2005 Allier 03 Posts 510 Re: To doofer or not to doofer  cassis wrote: If we use it twice a month and pay by direct debit our doofer is effectively free. There is an upfront charge though, if I remember correctly, which they call a deposit but which you are not going to see again. Interesting about free annual charge for twice-monthly usage. Is that twice in each month of the year, or a minimum of 24 times spread over a year? In other words, do you have to pay for the year if just one particular month was missed, even though an average of twice per month has been achieved? "Live your dreams, don't dream your life"    Report

03/05/2008, 14:07 cassis Joined on 28/12/2007 Manhattan and Glasgow Posts 309 Re: To doofer or not to doofer Any month I use the doofer twice they waive the 1€ rental charge for that month. Why would I not get the 30€ deposit back if I returned the doofer? Zoggy played guitar, jammin' good with Weird and Golly. Lyrics copyright Sausage Music 2008    Report

03/05/2008, 14:13 Ron Avery Joined on 29/11/2004 Posts 3,102 Re: To doofer or not to doofer A doofah must be a real bonus now, makes sure you don't get a bit wet if you open the window on the way to your new home, Monsieur Saucisson de Guadelope Why not just post a sensible answer, people will appreciate it more    Report

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