Telepeage and Via-T
Posted: Mon 19 Mar 2018 08:39
For some years now, we have had 2 badges in our cars for motorway tolls in France and in Spain.
In February Vinci told me that my Telepeage badge would work in Spain, but only as far as Barcelona. I have no idea why they have the annoying geographic restriction.
They say that if you don’t want the telepeage badge to be charged then remove it from the windscreen and put it in a metal foil bag.
Yesterday, I put it to the test and completely removed the Spanish badge before heading off to Spain.
Needless to say, the test was a miserable failure and the barriers refused to open.
I am sure they mean well but this is an ‘upgrade’ that I could happily do without.
In France, I always have to drive really close to the barriers before the badge is recognised, whereas the Spanish badge activates the barrier from some metres away. Yesterday, I drove up to the barrier like I would in France and it didn’t open but of course when I tried to reverse to take a ticket, the car behind had driven right up behind me.
Has anyone else found the system to work?
In February Vinci told me that my Telepeage badge would work in Spain, but only as far as Barcelona. I have no idea why they have the annoying geographic restriction.
They say that if you don’t want the telepeage badge to be charged then remove it from the windscreen and put it in a metal foil bag.
Yesterday, I put it to the test and completely removed the Spanish badge before heading off to Spain.
Needless to say, the test was a miserable failure and the barriers refused to open.
I am sure they mean well but this is an ‘upgrade’ that I could happily do without.
In France, I always have to drive really close to the barriers before the badge is recognised, whereas the Spanish badge activates the barrier from some metres away. Yesterday, I drove up to the barrier like I would in France and it didn’t open but of course when I tried to reverse to take a ticket, the car behind had driven right up behind me.
Has anyone else found the system to work?