We used a tag last year and it was great, bill came through via email the next month n payment automatically through bank . Tag had just been left on windscreen since then. Will it just automatically work when we go again this year? I'm sure when I filled in forms it said that they just keep going and you only get charged for the months you use them,. I still cannot imagine the feeling of shame and embarrassment if you are at the barrier n the damn think won't work n there's a queue behind!!
Quote: Originally posted by shropshiretan on 14/5/2017
We used a tag last year and it was great, bill came through via email the next month n payment automatically through bank . Tag had just been left on windscreen since then. Will it just automatically work when we go again this year? I'm sure when I filled in forms it said that they just keep going and you only get charged for the months you use them,. I still cannot imagine the feeling of shame and embarrassment if you are at the barrier n the damn think won't work n there's a queue behind!!
Yes it will work as normal this year and for many years thereafter until the battery goes flat,
We only use the Fast 2m (far Left lane) Height Restricted Tag lane when whizzing along the autoroute's.
So what happens when your Tag fails, well there is a button to press and you get to speak to an operative, no chance of them taking your Tag account details, they simply issue a ticket from the machine, and you then either pay the old way at the next Peage or go to a manned booth and let them add the cost to your account.
The chances of your Tag working on entry to the autoroute, and then failing at the next Peage is probably zero, if it's not going to work you will find out on entry first, that's for sure.
To be fair though if the Tag is dead you might as well just use your CC etc to pay.
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Well I dreading next months bill.So far this month I have done 2 trips to Barcelona and need to do 1 more at the end of the month.
It is a round trip of 1200km,I did it yesterday with no problem so it is possible to do big days easily,as long as you're not towing and plan accordingly.
I am now looking forward to a teleportation device which will further improve auto route travel.
I may be a bit thick or it's an age thing but I have tried to purchase the ATMB tag but when I scroll down the countries on the personal details list all are there except the UK or GB.
I can input the +44 and the UK phone details but not the country
What am I doing wrong here please?
I just checked our ATMB account and my bank card expiry date is June 17, its an account that is only used rarely and also for my tag so glad I checked it before we head off at end of June or we would have had red