Family who 'lifted toll booth barriers' to dodge fares for months are FINALLY caught
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Family who 'lifted toll booth barriers' to dodge fares for months are FINALLY caught.
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A British family has finally been caught by French police after evading as much as €3,000 (£2,500) in motorway toll charges.Officers intercepted the group near the Swiss border at Besancon in eastern France.The family had been dodging fees at toll booths for months by physically raising the barriers and driving through.Their scheme was simple: one person would exit a vehicle, lift the toll booth barrier, and welcome all three cars onto the road ahead - for free.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say French authorities finally caught up with them this week.Operators of the A36 autoroute alerted authorities on Saturday after spotting a suspected fraud at a toll booth near Belfort.Local police said that at the next toll booth, "a person got out of one of the three cars, raised the barrier to let the vehicles through, before getting back in".The Britons were subsequently stopped and ordered to settle their outstanding fares.According to French local media, the family had been repeating this...
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