French Autoroute Tolls - Light or intermediate vehicle?

[richbee]

Hi folks,
I'm planning to take my L2 290 DCIV limited down to France with mountain bikes in the back over the summer - just wondering which category of vehicle the custom falls into?
According to the autoroute site, light vehicle are up to 2m high, intermediate are over 2m high (both with under 3500kg GVW, which is no problem).

The Transit brochure shows the custom height as 1922 to 2017mm, depending on loading level and load capacity.

has anyone taken theirs down and how picky are they - do they measure individual vehicles or base it on a general vehicle definition?

Cheers

[mavericktc]

I have never seen anyone measure a car/van for that reason.

Is the toll more expensive if you are over 2m?


Never ever thought about these things (height, speed limit etc) when I drive to france (twice a year).

UK do have strange laws about vans that no one else has.

[richbee]

According to the autoroute website, the intermediate - over 2m is ~ 50% more expensive!!

Looking at the dimensions thread which is sticky at the top of the page, it lists mine as 1976mm - which is a result!

As long as the toll booths also measure it the same!

I wonder if this happened last year driving a car with bikes on the roof. A couple of the toll booths spat the ticket out of the higher slot, didn't think anything at the time, but the tolls did seems more expensive than we expected!!

[mavericktc]

According to the autoroute website, the intermediate - over 2m is ~ 50% more expensive!!

Looking at the dimensions thread which is sticky at the top of the page, it lists mine as 1976mm - which is a result!

As long as the toll booths also measure it the same!

I wonder if this happened last year driving a car with bikes on the roof. A couple of the toll booths spat the ticket out of the higher slot, didn't think anything at the time, but the tolls did seems more expensive than we expected!!

I never paid premium on any of my transits.

Go for the light.

[Altransit]

If it's height related, then surely you'll go under a height barrier to confirm your height

[FrankMCN]

Take the aerial off you'll be fine.

[Treespotter]

If you see a high price at the toll booth, press the com button and complain about the price. Without any argument the person on the other end of the com will apologize and lower the amount that has to be payed.
It's no trick. It's just the French way of tricking foreigners in paying way to much.

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[Manu]

I have the same car (DCIV L2 290) and could pass under the 2m barriers on the toll boots with credit cards, paying the same amount as regular cars. The arial touches the barrier, but I think it can stand the abuse...

[richbee]

I have the same car (DCIV L2 290) and could pass under the 2m barriers on the toll boots with credit cards, paying the same amount as regular cars. The arial touches the barrier, but I think it can stand the abuse...

Thanks - good to know