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Jules1212

05/8/2013 at 5:49pm
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Can I get a little advice please? I have ordered and received my APRR tag. I have attempted to read through the leaflets that came with it and can figure where to position it etc.

But I am unsure if I am required to activate or register it online at all? Or is it a case of attach it and when we get to a peage it will read the tag and away we go? We leave next friday and I want to be sure I have done all that I should to have it ready and I am struggling with the written French (although putting some of it through Google translate has helped a bit).

Many thanks for any advice from people who have already done this and can maybe guide me through.

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siane

05/8/2013 at 7:07pm
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I haven't used mine yet but I haven't seen anything that tells me to activate it.

I have logged on to the website and looked at my account (if you haven't already done this then I suggest you do) and figured that would suffice.

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David Klyne

05/8/2013 at 8:15pm
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I Don't know about the APRR system but the SANEF tag certainly needs to be activated before you go.

David

dixon72

05/8/2013 at 9:21pm
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we have our APRR tag already and it doesnt have to be activated. I have emailed them on several occassion to check. and they have promised me it is ready to use when we leave the uk thursday

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scrumble

05/8/2013 at 11:59pm
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Not APPR, but we have an ATMB waiting to be used in a couple of weeks. We didn't have to anything specific to activate it, other than to have logged into the account online. Which in their case lists the tag, and says it is active.

mattsurf

06/8/2013 at 8:50am
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I received my tag last week - when I log in the status is "ACTIF", I didn't have to do anything other than log into my account

sunshinetours

06/8/2013 at 9:40am
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You need to "activate" your "online space" by logging in first time but not the APRR tag itself

Use Google Chrome browser for auto translate as it helps!

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Claydoncamper

06/8/2013 at 9:51am
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No, we used APRR last year for the first time and there was no need to activate it, just plug and play as they say.

It was nerve racking approaching the very first toll booth not knowing if it would beep or not, but it did.

Enjoy using it, I think it's a great little gizmo.

dodger936

06/8/2013 at 2:40pm
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We received our ATMB tag last week and we used google translate to help but it was still a bit unclear. However, as per previous posts, when we logged in to our account for the first time it did say that it was active. Also, the serial number on the sticker on the tag matched the one on the account so I'm assuming that it's already been linked and it is indeed 'good to go'

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VWT4Transporter

06/8/2013 at 5:28pm
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No need to activate an APRR tag
Just stick it on the windscreen and it works fine.

Nice to see the Pont du Tancarville outside Le Havre now has Telepeage, didnt have it last year

Jules1212

06/8/2013 at 7:38pm
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Thanks everyone. I had a good old wrestle trying to get into my account online this morning and I think I won!

I can now see my tag account number and it said (correctly) that I had no invoices to show. So we will stick it in over the weekend and no doubt on Friday of next week we will approach the toll with VERY bated breath!

Thanks for the help and advice.

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dodger936

11/8/2013 at 9:53am
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Hi everybody,
Like I said earlier, tag arrived and we are now counting down the last few days before we set off

I've just been doing my usual route planning and have 'driven' parts of it using Google maps and the little yellow man. The first toll area it came to did indeed have the 't' lane. Unfortunately, this had a height restriction of 2m... There was an unrestricted lane but there was no mention of a tag. Can anyone advise what to do in this situation? Does the tag work in the non restricted lane?
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kenren

11/8/2013 at 11:17am
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Not sure if the first toll area you'll come to is at Boulogne. If it is I'm pretty sure that the left hand restricted to tag holder lane has now been converted into a 30km per hour drive through lane which doesn't have a height restriction. In fact I've got a feeling there are actually two drive through lanes on the left.

Having said that as far as I know the tag will work in any lane anyway. You might just have to queue though

Ken

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11/8/2013 at 11:19am
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can't get into my account

Robbo1876

11/8/2013 at 11:27am
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Stupid question, but when you join a toll road in France do you need to go through a barrier first? Thinking about the M6 toll, the barrier is just at the exit. BTW, it cost, yesterday, £8.40 for a car with a trailer - robbing bar stewards.

kenren

11/8/2013 at 11:35am
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Generally yes because on most motorways you can come off at several junctions so they need to know your entry point to calculate what you have to pay.

No doubt there are stretches somewhere that have no exits so one tollbooth would do but I don't know any - bridges and tunnels I suppose

Ken

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