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Reading this thread made me think on another step. I have just ordered a pre paid Visa card for Euros. Look on moneysupermarket.com for the best providers. No transaction fees and reasonable rates. Should give me the best of both worlds.
Paul
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Reading this thread made me think on another step. I have just ordered a pre paid Visa card for Euros. Look on moneysupermarket.com for the best providers. No transaction fees and reasonable rates. Should give me the best of both worlds. ....and as preloaded if lost etc. it can only be used for so much. Modern version of travelers cheques.
Richard
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I've had the Sanef Telepeage box for years and wouldn't be without it now.
I've not heard they're withdrawing them for non-french residents though - I pay mine through a French account but the bills are sent to me in the UK.
Mike H
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I've had the Sanef Telepeage box for years and wouldn't be without it now.
I've not heard they're withdrawing them for non-french residents though - I pay mine through a French account but the bills are sent to me in the UK. They've just billed me again for my renewal....no mention of withdrawing them.
Jays
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Not sure if this is true, but I drove a Morgan around France for Mog Mag and we were warned that if you pick up a speeding ticket they clobber you at the toll booth. Never got to find out if it's true but I wouldn't be surprised. Good roads though and very little traffic congestion. Just so we're clear. In no way will a motorist whose average speed for his motorway journey has exceeded 130km/h be picked up for speeding at the toll booth. The system is not homologated for this. Toll booths are however a popular place for the french rozzers to pick up speeding motorists, but this will only apply to a speed trap just up the road. It is worth being careful in the approach to péages for this reason, in particular to observe the gradual reduction in speed limit on the approach to the barrier. A UK resident acquaintance of mine on a Ducati 996 who had not really been speeding as such, left his braking to the last moment before the barrier, and hence was clocked at 130km/h in a 50km/h limit. His licence was taken off him on the spot, plus a big fine, then had to make his own way home & get his bike repatriated.
Giles. Mogless in Paris.
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Burgundymog is correct, if you are planning to make a few trips getting a tag card is the only way. The queues for the cash/card booths, especially in South during the summer, can be horrendous. With tag you can roll through dedicated lanes at 30KPH.
John Scully
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