Holiday drivers beware - 80kph limit on french roads - oldroverboy.

It seems that our Gallic "cousins" will be trialling an 80 kilometer an hour limit in 10 "departments" before the summer on the equivalent of our "A" roads..

Be aware and save your pennies.

Edited by oldroverboy. on 14/02/2014 at 16:36

Holiday drivers beware - 80kph limit on french roads - Bromptonaut

Is there a source for that and a list of the Departements involved?

Holiday drivers beware - 80kph limit on french roads - oldroverboy.



  1. French road speed limits – Français limites de vitesse sur route ...

    move2france.net/.../french-road-speed-limits-francais-limites-de-vitesse-s... ‎








    23 Dec 2013 - ... the background. THE speed limit on many of Frances roads could be cut from 90kph to… ... It is claimed that an 80kph limit would save 450 lives a year. ...However, they are in advance of us and a good model for France.”.


Holiday drivers beware - 80kph limit on french roads - getafix

Some revolutions have been started for less than that

Holiday drivers beware - 80kph limit on french roads - veryoldbear

Depends on your gear ratios ...

Holiday drivers beware - 80kph limit on french roads - Bromptonaut

My interpretion of the translation i different. There seem to be two points not necessarily linked.

Firstly there is a proposal to reduce the currrent 90k/ph 'NSL' for single carraigeway roads to 80. This is presently at the level of 'experts are considering'. The French equivalent of the ABD oppose it pointing out that UK limit is higher and that DUI is still a significant problem in France. Like proposals in UK there's no certainty it will be accepted let alone a timescale.

There is anothe, seperate, proposal to introduce advanced enforcement cars with two way cameras. These are being tested in the Departements listed. Could enforce any limit from 110 on roads with '2*2 voies' down to 50 or below in conurbations.

Holiday drivers beware - 80kph limit on french roads - focussed

I live in France - there is a proposal to trial 80 kph limits on two way roads that currently have 90kph limits - the key word here is proposal, it hasn't come in yet, and nobody here has any idea of how they are going to do it - if they put signs up they will be vandalised or destroyed, it's a totally crazy idea.