French tool roads and Crit Air (1 Viewer)

[Jake Royd]

I've been thinking about the two issues above and have a couple of questions please:-
1) On toll roads , I understand you take a ticket at the entry point and put the ticket in at the exit point and then pay.
Does Revolute work?
Is it at the exit point if you have been wrongly classed, you push the button and say "Juis sui un camping car" (spelling)?
Does it take notes?

2)On Crit Air (mine is a class 4)
When approaching a permanent zone , say Lyon , are there signs and an opportunity to get off the road before you get fined?
Do signs apply to the temporary zones or do you just check the website?

Thank you all...................................

 

[Jake Royd]

Sorry I mean toll roads

 

[nicholsong]

2)On Crit Air (mine is a class 4)
When approaching a permanent zone , say Lyon , are there signs and an opportunity to get off the road before you get fined?
Do signs apply to the temporary zones or do you just check the website?

Thank you all...................................

I have been trying for months to get an answer to the question of how the local authority promulgates when a temporary zone becomes active, but have had no answer, even from members who are resident in France.

TThe problem may be that no temporary ones have been activated yet. Perhaps the Mayors are waiting for the central government to supply the funds to buy the measuring equipment - would be a common French problem

OR

There is no emissions problem and the whole thing is a waste of time, excepts for the bureaucrats.

 

[philann]

We’ve seen signs on the motorway around Toulouse indicating which classes are prohibited from the city centre

 

[maison]

The main route N/S through Lyons is exempt from the Crit Air requirement.

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[Jake Royd]

Thank you

 

[VXman]

Yes you take a ticket on entry to toll section and pay with card on exit. All cards are accepted (debit/credit - visa/MasterCard) I've used all sorts and never had a problem but not revolut but I cannot see it being a problem. I'd always have an alternative when travelling anyway. I use Chase Debit, Halifax Clarity Credit, or Barclaycard rewards credit. All good for foreign use.

Shouldn't be wrongly classified. It measures you based on height. Advantage for me as we are 4250 but get classified as 3500.

 

[DJIT]

... Halifax Clarity Credit ...

 

[scotjimland]

No problem with using Revolut paying tolls , it’s all we use abroad

 

[DandG5515]

No problem with tolls with revolut, only problem we had on way back self service petrol pump would not authorize due to not having enough credit for 100 euro transactions, but locked the 70 euro balance in as an incompleted transaction, took a couple of weeks to cancel transaction, so aways have a back up plan.

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[jongood]

Normally OK, but very good idea to have a backup card just in case, one of the tolls on this trip wouldn't take either revolut or my zero card ( both with plenty of credit) and I ended up having to put cash in. Still a lot around that arent contactless either.

 

[yodeli]

We’ve seen signs on the motorway around Toulouse indicating which classes are prohibited from the city centre

I was about to say so. Living next to Toulouse , I've seen one or 2 signs . But I seldom go to Toulouse anyway.
Best thing is to ask google : carte des ZFE de "town"
Example : I've asked : Carte des ZFE de Toulouse . Got a few links but the first one was the one!

Carte ZFE Toulouse 2023 : périmètre et villes concernées

Quel est le périmètre actuel de la zone ZFE à Toulouse ? Voici la carte et la liste des villes avec restrictions de circulation liées à la vignette Crit'Air.

www.lavignettecritair.fr

Try with a town you need to know this thing, and look if the link has the "www.lavignettecritair.fr/zfe/carte-"the town"

 

[GerTee]

Sometimes there is no ticket at the entry to a fixed rate of toll road. You just pay the fixed fee on exit, mostly straightforward

 

[Spriddler]

I rarely use toll roads but did discover at one (after standing round scratching my head) that in order to activate the barrier I had to be pretty close to it. I travel solo and used to leave plenty (i.e. too much) of room for getting out and walking around the front of the m/h to the pay machine.

 

[Twitters]

Sorry to but into this conversation but with Motorhome's can somebody tell me what they come under with the Critic Air Sticker in France, on the website i am looking at you have 1 to 5, i have put in the fuel type but in the vehicle type section it doesn't state camper van or Motorhome so what do our Motorhomes or Campers come under on the list, the Motorhome we have is 2023 and the emissions should be very low. I have never ordered one before so would like to get this correct and i know some of you know the drill with the Critic Air Sticker.

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[Orion]

Motorhome is M1 classification.

Vehicle Certification Agency

The VCA's classification of power-driven vehicles, trailers, special purpose vehicles, agricultural vehicles and non-road mobile machinery.

www.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk

 

[Twitters]

Thank Orion for the information. I have been trying to get this sorted out but so far it has asked for Euro 5,6 ect and i have not got anything on my reg cert and to top it all it is saying serial type, haven't a clue what this is and is not on the reg cert, it's so confusing i am a bit stressed now. I will try again tomorrow, wanted this really for next week but now sure if i will get it now.

 

[Orion]

Are you on the official website?

There’s a ‘No EURO standard shown’ option on there.

Le site officiel de la vignette Crit'Air (certificat qualité de l'air) - Ministère de la Transition écologique

Le seul site officiel à délivrer la vignette Crit'Air (certificat qualité de l'air), établie en fonction des émissions polluantes du véhicule.

certificat-air.gouv.fr

 

[nicholsong]

Motorhome is M1 classification.

Vehicle Certification Agency

The VCA's classification of power-driven vehicles, trailers, special purpose vehicles, agricultural vehicles and non-road mobile machinery.

www.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk

M1 is correct, but if you scroll down to 2.5.1 then a Motor Caravan is 'Special Purpose', so officially it is M1 (Special Purpose), which also matters when one is looking at other legislation, in UK and elsewhere, where Special Purpose is differentiated from other M1 vehicles.

 

[Trevor Wbm]

Thank Orion for the information. I have been trying to get this sorted out but so far it has asked for Euro 5,6 ect and i have not got anything on my reg cert and to top it all it is saying serial type, haven't a clue what this is and is not on the reg cert, it's so confusing i am a bit stressed now. I will try again tomorrow, wanted this really for next week but now sure if i will get it now.

Just leave it blank, they'll work it out from the V5 copy you'll be uploading. Once done, the email confirmation you'll get serves as a temporary CritAir 'sticker'.

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