You can make travel easier by anticipating the 133 payment barriers
Telepeage requires a transponder badge in your vehicle which let you pay automaticallyCopyright (c) 2020 sylv1rob1/Shutterstock. No use without permission.
These badges and kept in the vehicle (often stuck onto the windscreen) and emit a radio signal to the barriers to open. They cost as little as €2 a month on top of toll costs and let you drive through the tolls without having to pay by card or with cash. There are often dedicated lanes to use them and some allow you to, in theory, pass at up to 30kmh.
The rights they give vary depending on the offer, but most offer a discount on prices at the toll, which are counterbalanced by the monthly cost of owning telepeage badge.
The more expensive badges provide other advantages, such as the ability to pay for car parking, electric car charging, travel on other European motorways and a lower price when not in use.
The various motorway operators have their own versions and while the major ones work on all motorways, they do not necessarily cover special sites such as the Normandy bridge, the Millau viaduct or the Mont Blanc tunnel.
While their monthly cost is already low enough to pay for itself for regular motorway users, market leader Ulys lets new customers use it for free for eight months (although drivers must still pay the tolls).
Not all of the tolls are on motorways, some cover special sites such as the Millau viaductdata.gouv.fr
2. Carsharing
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Only the Mont Blanc tunnel operator ATMB offers dedicated car share lanes at tolls despite the rise of car share lanes.
These systems rely on technology similar to that used to assess heavy goods vehicles for the eco-tax, with gantry cranes equipped with cameras that scan vehicles’ toll-pass badges and number plates.
