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PSA for anyone driving French autoroutes with a roof box, solar, AC or anything on the roof: if your total height pushes over 3.0m the booth cameras auto-charge you the HGV toll class even though you're under 3.5t. Roughly double the car rate, applied automatically.
Not widely known until it shows up on the toll-tag bill. French autoroute booths have overhead laser sensors that measure real height as you roll through, and once you're over about 3.0m they bump you to Class 3 — HGV rates — which is roughly 2x the car rate. The thing that catches motorhomes specifically: it's TOTAL height, with everything on the roof. Box, AC, solar, satellite dome, antennas, the lot. A 2.85m van + a 20cm roof box = boom, Class 3 at every single booth.
Over a long run (Calais → south coast, say) that's an extra €30–60+ in tolls you didn't budget for. Worth either (a) measuring honestly with the roof gear on, (b) planning around free N-roads where you're routinely on the edge, or (c) accepting the higher class and budgeting for it.
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Not widely known until it shows up on the toll-tag bill. French autoroute booths have overhead laser sensors that measure real height as you roll through, and once you're over about 3.0m they bump you to Class 3 — HGV rates — which is roughly 2x the car rate. The thing that catches motorhomes specifically: it's TOTAL height, with everything on the roof. Box, AC, solar, satellite dome, antennas, the lot. A 2.85m van + a 20cm roof box = boom, Class 3 at every single booth.
Over a long run (Calais → south coast, say) that's an extra €30–60+ in tolls you didn't budget for. Worth either (a) measuring honestly with the roof gear on, (b) planning around free N-roads where you're routinely on the edge, or (c) accepting the higher class and budgeting for it.
#lifestyle
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