Speed ​​Limit Lowered to 90km/h on These Motorways, Surprise Fines Roll in

Exceeding 90 km/h on these motorways will now be synonymous with fines.

Motorways are the only roads in France where it is possible to drive up to 130 km/h without risking a fine. Some sections, often with only two lanes or on the outskirts of large cities, are limited to 110 km/h and sometimes, particularly during roadworks, it is forbidden to exceed 90 km/h. Unfortunately for some motorists, the sections where the authorized speed can no longer exceed 90 km/h are multiplying.

This has been the case since the beginning of the summer on the motorways affected by the Olympic lanes. Because beyond the fact of no longer being able to drive in the left lane, reserved for certain vehicles, at the risk of receiving a fine, all the sections of motorway affected by this Olympic device have seen their authorized speed reduced by 20 km/h, going from 110 to 90 km/h. This new rule, in force since July 15, is often poorly understood by drivers, which has led to an explosion in the number of fines.

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While there was no truce on the A1, which was affected from July 15 to September 11, the A4, A12 and A13 saw their Olympic lanes “deactivated” between the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games. But since August 27, on the A12 and A13, and From 30 on the A4, it is once again forbidden for the average person to drive on the left but also to exceed 90 km/h regardless of the lane. We cannot advise you enough to scrutinize your speedometer if you are used to driving at 110 km/h on these roads, because it is very easy to be surprised by a flash. And if this should happen to you, know that driving at 110 instead of 90 on the motorway gives rise to a fine of 68 euros, accompanied by the withdrawal of 1 point on the driving license.

In a few days, from September 8 or 11, the various Olympic lanes will go dormant again and it will then be possible to drive at 110 km/h on the sections of the A4, A12 and A13 motorways marked “Paris 2024”. But be careful, the Olympic lanes could then turn into carpool lanes, with the left lane reserved for vehicles carrying at least two people. There is nothing to say then that these sections of highways will not soon become permanently limited to 90.