Thibaud Hue, edited by Laura Laplaud 7:14 a.m., February 23, 2023, modified at 7:16 a.m., February 23, 2023
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Faced with the increase in toll rates, +4.5% since February 1, the lucky ones who are currently on the road to vacation are using tricks to save money such as taking the secondary road network.
Since February 1, the toll bill has increased by 4.5% nationally.
Consequence: motorists flee the highways and find the national.
The historic holiday route, with its honking and traffic jams as Charles Trenet told in his title
Route nationale 7
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A good alternative according to these holidaymakers
In this holiday week, we saw more motorists on secondary roads.
Near Dreux, gas gun in hand, Patrick fills up his car.
On the way to vacation, lost in the countryside between Brittany and Paris, he bypassed the highway.
"The price of tolls has exploded so I prefer to take the departmental or the national. We lose a little time but we find ourselves there anyway", he says at the microphone of Europe 1.
"You see the landscape, it's more fun"
This route saves Patrick 34 euros.
By driving more slowly, he also saves fuel and like him, Nathalie took the small roads to reach Saint-Malo.
"In the end, we don't necessarily save time because there are always traffic jams, works while on the national you drive more slowly but you see more of the landscape, it's more fun", she assures.
Aboard his motorhome, Rémi also does not regret the main roads.
The national is also an opportunity to see the country.
"In the cities, in the villages, at random, if we notice something interesting, we stop. If there is something to be welcomed in the town, we can spend the night there", he says.
And when the highway has to be imposed, Rémi takes carpoolers to offset the cost of tolls.