Italy has some special regulations for Motorhome has anyone been stopped and fined.

[EuroTrotters]

Wow !!it's not only France then where there are scams, well, I'll go to the foot of our stairs. It is not the police etc one has to worry about on a day to day basis, as here in France, if there is no problem ..then there is no problem. But, if there is an accident then once can assume that the powers that be will investigate all is as should be. If not, ie "C" in place of "CP" then it may be down to you to justify the discrepancy, "you pays your money and takes your chance". What's that quote "do you feel lucky"?

But Camping Tyres are not manufactured in every motorhome/RV/camper size !

 

[ShaKen]

But Camping Tyres are not manufactured in every motorhome/RV/camper size !

Good point, and on my my 2018 Chausson it was supplied with the Van spec rather than the CP rated tyre from the factory.

Surely if it was supplied new that way (and in line with UK/Euro legislation) then it should be fit for a visitor to use?

......or am I being overly optimistic here?

 

[Theonlysue]

The Italian's.
I found they are always on the make with all sorts of scams. Things like People claiming to be parking attendants when parking is free.

They do the same in Spain lol

 

[EuroTrotters]

Good point, and on my my 2018 Chausson it was supplied with the Van spec rather than the CP rated tyre from the factory.

Surely if it was supplied new that way (and in line with UK/Euro legislation) then it should be fit for a visitor to use?

......or am I being overly optimistic here?

Not over optimistic.

The CP Tyres thing is nonsense.

 

[2657]

I can find no reference to any law requiring CP tyres in Italy.

Why would there be such a law? If the load rating etc is correct for the weight of the vehicle what's the problem, hundreds of thousands of fully loaded vans and other commercial vehicles do many millions of miles on C tyres!

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[Parrot Face]

I'm not great on twisty roads with drops. will have a look on google earth. Might have to top up the hypnotherapy

We've done Italy a few times and always go the slightly longer route....Belgium to Luxembourg, into Germany, down to the Fussen area , crossing Austria via non toll road to the Brenner pass and then into Italy.

 

[hilldweller]

I cant argue against you .. maybe as long as you go , and expect to be shafted, it isnt so bad.

You may consider use being shafted in some of the campsites but it's the going rate for premium services. Campsite on the shores of the lake, short walk to beautiful tourist trap town. We can live with that for the relatively short time we are there.

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[hilldweller]

We've done Italy a few times and always go the slightly longer route....Belgium to Luxembourg, into Germany, down to the Fussen area , crossing Austria via non toll road to the Brenner pass and then into Italy.

Our favourite route. Although we use the Reschen pass.

Fussen, Garmisch Partenkirchen area is worth a trip in it's own right.

 

[PepnKook]

Beautiful county, lovely people. I would suggest learning a bit of Italian, just a few words like hello, goodbye, I would like, please, thank you, pleased to meet you etc etc...had a chat (in mixed Italian/English) with several people and they all said that if you try, you get better service. Doesn't matter if you aren't fluent, just the effort is appreciated. Usually leads to an extra grappa or limoncello at the end of a meal!

Main roads are mostly OK, lots of speed cameras through lake side villages from Limone to Bardolino on Lake Garda and they are set to 30 kph, so takes a while, but the villages are lovely. Small roads are usually pretty rough, but the scenery usually makes up for it.

Col du Mont-Cenis from Lanslevillard into Italy is a great drive, bit twisty, but no big drops! Lovely campsite in the town and the restaurant in the Hôtel L'Etoile des Neiges serves the most amazing Raclette you could ever taste!

Only police issue we ever had was a 10 minute machine gun hold up at the entrance to the Mont Blanc tunnel....checked the van over and all our paperwork, then waved us away and sped off.....never knew what it was for, but guess they were looking for someone in particular!

 

[Captain Pants]

The Italians have a variety of police forces, some local, some national. Not sure if it still applies, but at one time they had more police per capita than any other EU nation. All those police need to find something to do and they seem to particularly like speed traps. They’re very common compared to the UK so care is needed on local as well as national routes.

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[scotzsue]

have now got a selection of routes, which we will discuss with our travel companions.
Thanks all for the help and information

 

[Puddleduck]

We went via Switzerland and got the over 3.5 ticket at the border with no issues. If you do go via Switzerland I'll let you know where we stayed both on the way south and the way home

We found the tolls down the east coast to be expensive although we went back up the west coast and that was much cheaper.

 

[Madcaravanner]

I always smile at that one. When I looked for one the only maker was FIAMA. Now where are FIAMA based !

Expensive but it did last our whole MH career.

There is a story going around that Fiamma got the contract for supplying the signs in Italy by fiscal measures and when Italy tried to get the bike reflective warning signs approved to be compulsory on the EU they were "assisted" by Fiamma to try to get metal ones as the only one approved

Most of the EU said on yer bike all the other countries that use them approved plastic ones

 

[mitzimad]

Heights are no problem in a MH.

What you need to fear is losing height very quickly.

its when you stop losing height it hurts

 

[tonyidle]

They do the same in Spain lol

And in Cumbria a few years back.

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