Warning - French motorway tolls
Just found this out the hard way... French motorways usually have a booth/gate with a person and a few more booths/gates with automated systems that suck in your credit card and charge the toll there.
The problem is that these systems DO NOT RECOGNIZE MOTORCYCLES! So, if a biker uses the automated system (as I did), you end up paying as a car. I rode from Calais to Reims and paid EUR 20,20 for the first toll, and EUR 17,80 for the second, where I stopped and investigated, which resulted in a refund.
So,  don't use the automated credit card system
Beware, we are being robbed!
Alexandros
http://horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/alex
Last edited by apapadop; 24 Sep 2009 at 13:20.
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