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 ·  Posted: 26.02.2024  ·  #1
We, we're travelling on the French motorways, yesterday, Cherbourg to Méribel. Usually the toll machines show Class 4 when we go to pay but yesterday I had a bit of a, surprise when one machine showed Class 1. At another machine I spoke to an operator when it showed Class 4. He said something in French and changed it to Class 1. It went from €14 down to €4.
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 ·  Posted: 26.02.2024  ·  #2
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We, we're travelling on the French motorways, yesterday, Cherbourg to Méribel. Usually the toll machines show Class 4 when we go to pay but yesterday I had a bit of a, surprise when one machine showed Class 1. At another machine I spoke to an operator when it showed Class 4. He said something in French and changed it to Class 1. It went from €14 down to €4.


See that shiny new paintwork, works wonders it dazzles the camera when they take a look. :happy:
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 ·  Posted: 27.02.2024  ·  #3
Motorhomes are class 2, if anything higher displays hit the help button and say 'nous sommes un camping-car, classe deux s'il vous plaît', that invariably gets the charge reduced to class 2 without further discussion.
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 ·  Posted: 27.02.2024  ·  #4
I do that Baguette, trouble is sometimes they see the third axle. I just have to use charm and good looks to get the Class 2
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 ·  Posted: 27.02.2024  ·  #5
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I do that Baguette, trouble is sometimes they see the third axle. I just have to use charm and good looks to get the Class 2


Ya, the third axle is a dead giveaway that you're over the magical 3.5t.
Me, I'm also over 3,5t but I look like I'm not O-)
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 ·  Posted: 28.02.2024  ·  #6
Stupid Angle Mort stickers can be a give away too 🤬
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 ·  Posted: 28.02.2024  ·  #7
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Stupid Angle Mort stickers can be a give away too 🤬


The Angle Mort regulations are a real French idiosyncratic idea. EU HGV mirror regulations plus the replacement of mirrors by onboatd cctv cameras provide a full view of the 'Angle Mort ' areas for the driver, in reality there is no Angle Mort anymore, except normal one directly behind the vehicle.
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 ·  Posted: 28.02.2024  ·  #8
I drove an HGV for the first time in years this morning , cameras everywhere, automatic gearbox, no need for the Angle Mort, there's no blind spots anymore and buses are the same, bureaucrats with nothing better to do
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 ·  Posted: 28.02.2024  ·  #9
Funny I forgot to put the Angles Mort signs on
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 ·  Posted: 28.02.2024  ·  #10
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I drove an HGV for the first time in years this morning , cameras everywhere, automatic gearbox, no need for the Angle Mort, there's no blind spots anymore and buses are the same, bureaucrats with nothing better to do


nice to know there is al least One trusting person in the world, ;-) O-)
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 ·  Posted: 28.02.2024  ·  #11
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Funny I forgot to put the Angles Mort signs on


Last September I saw some Trucks pulled into the Car park before the Filling-station In Cherbourg , one guy, Presumably the driver was fitting Angle Mort Signs on his truck, while being observed by a Blue uniformed guy, his Buddy was standing beside their car on the end of the slip road.
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 ·  Posted: 28.02.2024  ·  #12
I carry 2 magnetic ones and a stick on one
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