Using French Tolls (Cat 2)

I’ve had mine 4 years now and still working fine.

Emovis and Bip & Go tags last between 5 & 7 years according to their website.

On your a/c it shows the level of battery + they send reminders to log in & check the condition

Wouldn't be without mine....

I was a little concerned about the battery in our ATMB tag last year as we had had it for several years but hadn't used it since 2019 due to the pandemic. I just ordered an additional one - price about €4 IIRC. Obviously the battery state can't be checked unless the tag is actually used so didn't want to risk arriving at a toll booth and finding it not working.

I think that they can monitor the battery state when you use the tolls so in theory will send you a new tag but after around 5 years I requested a new one anyway.

Just a reminder for first timers going to Brittany - don’t bother to get a tag.

Whether you land at Caen, Cherbourg, St Malo or Roscoff you can drive into Brittany and all around that area  on big roads without seeing a tollbooth - there are no motorway tolls in Brittany.

Viamichelin looks like an awesome site. Thanks for the introduction to that.

I just took a quick look with two random points. Amazing.

You should have seen the website a month or so ago until they "updated" it. It was so easy to navigate.

Colin

Tag is the way ahead (we use EMOVIS). With a 2.5m caravan we just drive straight through the wider truck lanes at the peage. EMOVIS take payment in GBP from our current account without any bank charges. Have a great trip!