Search Sort Posts:  Oldest to newest Newest to oldest

09/07/2006, 16:39 Loiseau Joined on 23/08/2004 London/Vendée Posts 922 Re: Telepeage doofer........ ...or if you travel on your own a lot in a right-hand drive car! (Mind you I suppose there might be a certain fitness-inducing element to putting car in neutral, engaging handbrake, unbuckling seatbelt, leaping out, sprinting round car to get ticket/pay/use card, sprinting back, leaping in, filing ticket/credit card/change where you won't forget where it is, buckling up seatbelt and getting car moving again before exhausting patience of drivers following. Especially in wind/rain/snow...  ) Angela    Report

09/07/2006, 16:46 Cassis Joined on 25/12/2005 Here and there Posts 6,411 Re: Telepeage doofer........ So that was you in front of me, was it?    Report

09/07/2006, 16:59 Loiseau Joined on 23/08/2004 London/Vendée Posts 922 Re: Telepeage doofer........ Oh no, the sausage with wheels was YOU was it?!     Report

09/07/2006, 17:27 Cassis Joined on 25/12/2005 Here and there Posts 6,411 Re: Telepeage doofer........ Recognise this from your rear view mirror?    Report

09/07/2006, 22:12 Loiseau Joined on 23/08/2004 London/Vendée Posts 922 Re: Telepeage doofer........     A    Report

09/07/2006, 23:33 Alane Joined on 23/08/2004 27 Posts 331 Re: Telepeage doofer........ It all depends on the time of year. On some of the autoroutes around cities, particularly in the South, on which tolls are charged it is possible to save a lot of time with the telepeage if travelling at rush hours. In those circumstances I have considered it paid its way. For us the big benefit is on a summer weekend going south at the tolls at Abbeville where there are often queues even in the credit card lane and returning going North at Boulogne on a Sunday evening - this is very variable, sometimes the CC lane is empty other times the queue is as long as the cash booths. The other time I thought it money well spent was when some jerk in a large UK 4x4 car tailgated me (inches) on the approach to the Herquelinque (sp) tolls outside Boulogne and followed me into the Telepeage lane, himself followed by other vehicles - presumably French (ho ho). We didn't see them again until they whizzed past us just prior to Abbeville where they joined a long queue for the toll booths as we sailed into the Telepeage lane again. We didn't see them again prior to Rouen. Childish I know, but it gave all my passengers a laugh.     Best Regards Alan    Report

10/07/2006, 8:06 andyh4 Joined on 15/06/2005 Frankfurt and Ardèche Posts 972 Re: Telepeage doofer........ Tom, you have obviously never been on the A6 southbound or A7 Northbound at Lyon on a summer weekend.  Typical queue on the card booths - 40 minutes. Typical queue on the telepeage - 1 vehicle.   Yesterday even at the Bourg St Maurice peage* (where I hear you say - exactly my point say I) there was a 15 minute queue.   *A36 Dole to Belfort just before Montbelliard Andy    Report

10/07/2006, 9:06 Alcazar Joined on 23/08/2004 Scunthorpe, North Lincs Posts 1,054 Re: Telepeage doofer........ I'm just happy not to have to wake wife up to pay........or for me to have to run round the car when she won't stir! Oh, and I LOVE the looks on the French driver's faces when they warn me NOT to use the telepeage lane, then realise I've got one Alcazar    Report

10/07/2006, 13:00 andyh4 Joined on 15/06/2005 Frankfurt and Ardèche Posts 972 Re: Telepeage doofer........  Alcazar wrote: Oh, and I LOVE the looks on the French driver's faces when they warn me NOT to use the telepeage lane, then realise I've got one   Almost as good as the look on the Dutch driver's face who slipped out of the middle of 40 minute queue and followed my german regsitered car through to the T lane, thinking "This guy knows something I don't" - which of course is right.  I know he won't get through and that he is going to upset a lot of telepage drivers as he tries to reveerse his car and trailer out of the lane. Andy    Report

Page 7 of 15 (133 items) « First ... < 5 6 7 8 9 > ... Last »

France Forum » Travelling to/f... » Travelling to/f... » Re: Telepeage doofer........

(Quick links) Forums Home |- Search Forums |- Active Topics |- Unanswered Posts User Options |- Sign In |- Join this community |- Forgot Password About This Forum (READ ONLY) |- About This Forum Moving |- Finding/Owning French Property |- Making the Move From Outside the EU |- Long-Term Letting |- Employment Vacancies in France Legal and Finance |- French Legal Issues |- French Finance Building and Renovation |- House Renovations |-- Working with Wood Living |- Earning a Living |- NEW - Money Saving Expat |- Driving |- French Education |- People with Disabilities in France |- Pets |- Animal Welfare, Rescue & Protection |- French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone |- Health |-- Changes to Healthcare Entitlement, CPAM, CMU and Cartes Vitales |- Swimming Pools in France Owning/Running a Business |- French Artisans |- Gite Owners |- Hotel and Restaurant Owners |- B&B/Chambres d'Hôtes Owners Leisure and Pastimes |- Gardening |- Sport, Leisure and Pastimes |- Shopping |- French Antiques, Arts & Crafts |- Photography |- Motorcycling in France |- Books and Literature |- Getting Married in France |- Pregnancy and Birth French Culture |- French Food and Wine |- French Culture |- French Language |-- French Language FAQs and Useful Links |- Wildlife/Nature/Environment |- French History Travelling to/from France |- Travelling to/from France |- Latest Good Value Deals to/from France Holidays |- Holidays General Discussion |- The Complete France Post Bag |- The Lighter Side |- Forum Technical Support |- Other Topics |- Useful Links About France/French Living Regions |- HOTEL SEARCH |- Central |- North East |- North West |- Paris Ile de France |- South East |- South West |- East |- West |- Corsica and DOM-TOMs