How to not pay Piage tolls

[Itchy]

I alluded to this a few months ago and left it hanging in the air since it is touring season coming up I thought that I would share.

Essentially a couple of Germans taught me how to not pay the piage tolls in France at the unmanned automatic booths. Which in such economic times may save you a few quid.

The problem with going round the barriers is there are detection cameras which set off a alarm and cause a cop car to intercept you later on.

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

The German bloke's brother worked on the software for the booths, the software has a critical weakness, in that it uses the offside rule in football. If you see a car stopped at a toll booth picking up a ticket paying, you pull in behind him, if you can keep the space between your front wheel less than 7 inches from his bumper while passing through the piage booth. The alarm isn't triggers and no cop car intercepts you.
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[Charlie]

Have you ever successful done this Itchy, or has anyone else (not someone they know) done this?
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[tatters]

Makes sense as the camera/sensor for the barrier will just see the bike as a trailer etc.

Not worth the risk if the Gendarmeries catch you though.
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[Phoenix]

It's going to be quite difficult to keep your front wheel less than 7 inches behind the bumper of the car infront when you have no idea when and how fast he's going to accelerate, yes you could keep close, but 7 inches until you're through the barrier, it's a gamble. Add to that the risk you end up whacking them up the ass, more hassle than paying the toll, you try it Itchy and tell us all how it goes.

[G]

If it was a car, you could presumably stick your front wheel just in front of their rear bumper to the right hand side, presuming there's a little space.

[Marmalade]

But then if like in the UK you get some community spirited tosser who feels it their duty to call plod u get fucked anyway
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[RidersRest]

you could settle for half price and twi bike ride through side by side
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[Marmalade]

now thats a damn good idea
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[Peirre oBollox]

I`ve lost a ticket before while staying overnight at a Etap on the services. While I was there I discovered a gate at the back of the hotel that lead to sevice road where the hotel staff parked their cars. A quick check of the GPS showed the road lead onto the N road running parrallel to the toll road, and if required back onto the toll road at the next peage. So next morning I popped off 1 pannier, wheeled the bike thru the gate, parked it up in the car park, re-fitted the pannier. Checked out of the hotel and rode the bike down the N road for a while, before re-joining the toll road saving myself around 12 euros on the orginal trip
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[G]

I did similar a services I had stopped at in France - noted a pedestrian side exit that went to a local road, checked on the GPS and the next junction wasn't far, so managed to squeeze the bike through (was a big gate for pedestrians, but with a strong spring to make it harder.)
I hadn't lost the ticket, just felt like saving some money .

[Grazoid]

I can't be arsed with paying tolls, just use N' and D's in France and local roads in Italy ... takes longer but the views and food are so much better

[Kris]

Better way of avoiding paying at auto-tolls:

Place the ticket under a magnet (tankbag magnets work) when you receive it. When you insert the ticket into the automatic peage the ticket will be rejected.

Repeat this three or four times making sure you look bemused.

Eventually push the help button which will put you through to the operator. Act stupid, do not speak French and keep saying "I don't understand".

Eventually the exasperated operator will lift the barrier and you will be allowed through..
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[barnhatter]

Pulled up at the Booth once and got waved through when I started to struggle for the money. For the next few miles was a bit concerned that I had misunderstood and would have someone chasing after me.
Does anoy me in Italy where I was getting charged the same a cars though.

[wotan]

[Mudskipper]

[Grazoid]

[c-m]

Just take a satnav... easy to find petrol all the time.

The only issue is whether the machines will accept your UK card. The Frenchies didn't like mine

[Bubbs]

[Grazoid]

[c-m]

Lol, yeah i did laugh heartily when they tried to use GPS on Top Gear while in Romania.

Having been there a few times, I know you're never going to get around using one.

Never run out of fuel though. I guess the 50+mpg from the ZXR750 helped in that sense.

I i was in your situation I would have got off that Auto Route asap and headed into the nearest village and took it from there.

[Mudskipper]

[Bubbs]

Only seems to do it when you use the 'C' word.

Shit, Fuck, don't do anything.
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