 Poster: A snowHead
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Travelling to PDS for half term, those who have driven many times......what time does traffic start to build up at the paeges and up to Avoriaz? 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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You can avoid the worst of them by ordering on line the French toll road gadget that lets you through automatically. Billed directly to your account later. Not sure of the cost at the moment but if you value your time over a small fee well worth it.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Those things are great and can save you 10 minutes at each toll when the traffic is heavy but not half-term heavy. Once the queue is more than a km they don't do much though.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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@DaiSki, when we signed up for this deal a couple of years ago, you had to have a French bank account to get it, is that still the case?
The Eurotunnel deal was a complete rip off when we looked into it - everything billed in £s at rates way higher than the € ones.
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@DaiSki, when you say 'bank card' do you mean debit/credit card? It would be one less thing to remember to put money into the French bank account for, if we could do it on a UK card instead.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Don't know about the others but SANEF use a fair exchange rate and then use Direct Debit from UK bank account.
Website is saneftolling.co.uk
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@sj1608, yes visa U.K. Bank debit card, alot easier.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Thanks for all the responses, our vehicle is too high for the paege automatic ticket 😬
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Pix wrote: |
| Thanks for all the responses, our vehicle is too high for the paege automatic ticket 😬 |
What is it... Defenders and Renault TRaffic sized vehicles can get through, so unless you had one of those with roof box then I think most things will!
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Thanks for all the responses, our vehicle is too high for the paege automatic ticket 😬
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A lot of the big peages have non height restricted 30kph automatic lanes on the far right and most lanes are equipped with the readers, we've used the non height restricted lanes with our tag towing a caravan.
Check out the faqs here
https://www.saneftolling.co.uk/support/faq/support-Faq.List/#4.0.
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You know it makes sense.
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And there's also the fun to be had watching the French driver behind you wondering whether your actually have a liberT tag and trying to leave enough space in front in case you get stuck. Plus the Bentley drivers who tailgate you on the approach and into the far left 30Kph lane until they realise they dont have a tag and are completely stuffed.
On a practical note, they are also completely transferable, and not vehicle-specific, so if you have friends and family you can share it between you. Provided you're happy that you can get the charge back from them. So even if you change cars, you just refit the tag to the new vehicle.
The big advantages for us are (a) the passenger can go to sleep (b) none of those "Closer, closer, for heaven's sake, close ... NO NOT THAT CLOSE!" interactions and no "Have you got the ticket?", "No, you must have it.", "Errrr ... I haven't.", "Well, you had it in your hand when when we stopped at that last aire..." conversations (which rarely end well).
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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It's a VW transporter that has a pop top roof
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Pix, with the pop top down it will be fine. There are also plenty of booths without the height restriction. most of those that are have chains not solid barriers.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Pix, there's no height restriction for the tags and they aren't restricted to cars. Many lorries have them too.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Traffic started to build up between Geneva and Cluses around 10:30am this Saturday and it was mobbed by 2pm on the autoroute.
The 30kph 'express lane' on the Peage....Normally on the left hand side of the booths and reserved exclusivley for the Telebadges with only a letter 'T' above and nothing else are often 2m height restrictions.
These lanes won't accept cash or card and only the Telebadge as a payment for the barrier to lift.
Renault traffic's and VW transporters are normally between 1.95m and 1.97m but with the pop top roof added to your Transporter it might be over the 2m height restriction.
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| Pix wrote: |
| It's a VW transporter that has a pop top roof |
Isn't that 1926mm high?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Pix wrote: |
| Thanks for all the responses, our vehicle is too high for the paege automatic ticket 😬 |
I used my fob last summer when I took a LWB High Top van down to the Alps. The van was over 2.5m high.
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