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09/05/2008, 14:31 maude Joined on 21/10/2004 vendee Posts 197 car and caravan doofers Hi Folks-can anyone enlighten me as to whether these can be used on the autoroutes and where are they ordered from.Would be less pain to use than a bucket full of cash.thanks .Would like one for when towing our caravan.Maude maude    Report

09/05/2008, 14:33 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 6,264 Re: car and caravan doofers From the search facility: http://www.completefrance.com/cs/search/SearchResults.aspx?q=doofers&f=&u= To get you started! Clair, a Real Virtual French Person La vérité est si obscurcie en ce temps et le mensonge si établi, qu'à moins d'aimer la vérité, on ne saurait la reconnaître. (Blaise Pascal)    Report

10/05/2008, 13:03 sid Joined on 16/12/2005 Deux-Sevres [79] Posts 425 Re: car and caravan doofers I haven't used the telepeage doofer, but from memory the lanes reserved for this purpose have a 2 metre height restriction, so I'm not sure how much benefit it woud be in terms of a speedy pass-through. I'm sure someone will be along shortly with experience. So, if you have to use the normal lane why not just use a credit/bank card? It's very quick, no PIN, and removes the need for loads of cash! Sid I came into this world with nothing; by careful management I've still got most of it left!    Report

13/05/2008, 14:02 Cacknanty Joined on 27/08/2004 Posts 65 Re: car and caravan doofers Correct with the 2m height restriction, which also appears on a lot of the carte bancaire toll booth lanes, but not all of them!! I guess it does stop stop caravans and vans etc from getting through on the cheap, but I only have a roof box on the roof of a std car, sniff. Cacknanty 71 & Notts    Report

13/05/2008, 15:29 Boiling a frog Joined on 06/09/2004 Charente 16 Posts 536 Re: car and caravan doofers  maude wrote: Hi Folks-can anyone enlighten me as to whether these can be used on the autoroutes and where are they ordered from.Would be less pain to use than a bucket full of cash.thanks .Would like one for when towing our caravan.Maude   You can only use the telepeage with a standard car,no caravans allowed,height restriction 2mtrs.           Boiling a frog    Report

13/05/2008, 18:06 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 Nr Prayssac (Lot) Posts 2,952 Re: car and caravan doofers I think with a doofah you can in fact go through any lane, not just the height restricted one. I say this because in the days when we were back and forth with a big box trailer although we had the doofah we went through the pay lanes but on one occasion, although the machine dispensed a ticket the doofah which was tucked away in the glove box still accidentally triggered it too which resulted in the ticket being withdrawn back into the machine and the barrier lifting. At the other end we got the doofah out but also went for pay lane just in case but the barrier lifted and off we went. We did this on a few occasions subsequenly and oddly sometimes we were charged class 2 (car + trailer) and sometimes class 1. There appeared to be no consistency to it.   My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

13/05/2008, 18:18 J.R's gone native Joined on 16/07/2006 Picardie, Sussex Posts 1,695 Re: car and caravan doofers I have never paid for the trailer but maybe because I prefer to use the unmanned credit card only lanes I am considering buying a high top van, how much more do high vehicles get charged on peages? Oh and I guess I should ask the same question for trowing a trailer as it looks like I wont be able to use the unmanned booths    Report

14/05/2008, 6:05 Boiling a frog Joined on 06/09/2004 Charente 16 Posts 536 Re: car and caravan doofers Think you were being fly Cars with trailers less than 2 mtrs high and less than 3500kgs are class 1 (same price as a car) A van/car more than 2mtrs high or car/caravan is class 2. Approx half as much again as a class 1         Boiling a frog    Report

15/05/2008, 14:33 J.R's gone native Joined on 16/07/2006 Picardie, Sussex Posts 1,695 Re: car and caravan doofers Nice to know for sure BAF I have been over the 2m limit a few tims with my concertina rehausse (greedy boards) without paying extra, I will check out the height restrictions on the unmanned credit card peage barriers that I usually use at Boulogne, Cocquelles or Calais as I am considering a taller vehicle at the moment.    Report

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