It will be the worst moment of the weekend on the roads, here is when you should definitely not take your car

Next weekend will be particularly complicated; on the roads, especially if you have chosen to leave à at that moment.

If you are planning to hit the road at the end of the week, there is a good chance that your journey will turn into a nightmare. As we already know, the weekend of July 27 and 28 will be the worst of the summer according to Bison Futé … What is new is that Friday, July 26th also took a dark turn for Paris and its suburbs! If you had planned to anticipate the huge wave of departures on Saturday to take advantage of a slightly clearer road the day before, the result may surprise you.

It will be better to try as much as possible to leave or cross Ile-de-France in the morning, preferably before 10 a.m. Afterwards, the risks of finding yourself in endless traffic jams will be great. Particularly towards toll barriers, particularly near toll gates. approaching the A6 and A10 motorways. The more the hours pass, the denser the traffic will be in and around Paris because in addition to the numerous departures on vacation, this Friday July 26 will be marked by a global event which will attract many people to the capital: the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on the banks of the Seine.

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These two phenomena risk creating a rather exceptional situation on the roads of Ile-de-France, especially at the end of the afternoon. midday when those still working will leave their offices. Peak traffic should be reached between 5 and 7 p.m., a niche for which it is strongly recommended not to travel. to take your car. And to top it all off, the Olympic lanes, which came into force on July 15, have been contributing to the slowdown of traffic for around ten days.

On the A1, A4, A12, and A13 motorways, on a large part of the Paris ring road and in certain streets of the capital, the closure of the left lane , except for a few authorized vehicles, generates additional traffic jams. Motorists really did not need ça à the time of the great cross-hunting between Julyists and Aotiens.

If traffic will be particularly complicated over a large part of the territory this weekend, the puzzle seems insoluble for all those who have to pass through the Paris region. Otherwise, rather than wanting to anticipate the big wave of departures planned for Saturday, we should let it pass. Leave on Sunday, when the traffic will be much less dense, including in &Ile-de-France, and accept "lose" a day of vacation…