Why are drivers in France increasingly getting speeding fines without being 鈥榝lashed鈥�? Here is why you may have received an unexpected fine in the post
French village limits speed to 20 km/h - could this extend across France? Increasing numbers of towns are lowering speed limits in their centres
Map shows the cities in France with 30 km/h speed limits for drivers The map shows where the lower limit is in force, along with the year it was adopted
news New 鈥榤ore discreet鈥� speed radars to be installed on French roads The cameras can detect multiple offences
More French communes bring in 鈥榠ntelligent鈥� traffic lights to fight speeding The lights force approaching drivers to slow down to the correct speed limit
More unmarked radar cars to catch speeders in France: where and how they work The cars operate within strict parameters
Speed limits to (mostly) drop to 30 km/h in this French city The new measure will improve noise and pollution, improve safety and encourage cycling, say local authorities
Anger as another area of France decides to return to 90 km/h on many roads The measure is 鈥榓nti-environmental鈥� and would worsen road safety, a campaign group says
Speed limits to be lowered on more Paris roads from November Two sections of motorway in the Paris area will be lowered in a bid to reduce noise pollution
Paris mairie publishes first results from ring road speed drop to 50 km/h The results are cautiously positive, after the speed drop was only introduced this month
Campaign to reduce speed limit to 30 km/h in all French towns A road association says the limit would have a positive impact on safety, noise, and air pollution
New 50km/h motorway morning speed limit is idiotic, says French mayor He criticised the rush-hour reduction saying it creates a major safety issue as some drivers slow down to keep to it and others do not
Motorway speed limits reduced in south of France: where and why? The move, which affects four sections of major A-roads, has met local opposition with some saying drivers will be frustrated and go faster as a result
Why has speed limit changed to 30km/h near my French home? New rules have changed speed limits in certain 鈥榖uilt-up areas鈥�
Private radar cars on rise in France, see where plus current locations We look at the type of vehicles used and the kind of roads they are usually found on
Drivers sent speeding fines in error due to camera pointing wrong way More than 50,000 fines are reported to have been sent out in error in just two weeks
Central France department is latest to return to 90km/h speed limit Authorities there say speed bears little relation to accident levels
Speed camera in west France flashes drivers when not speeding Around 100 drivers in Charente-Maritime have received fines because the camera is set to flash at the wrong speed
Increase to 90km/h limit ruled illegal in north-west French department The limit may however still remain. Similar action is set to follow in another department
France rules out reducing motorway speed from 130km/h to 110km/h Some had called for the measure as a way to benefit the environment and to save on rising fuel costs, but the prime minister says she is not in favour of this
The Dordogne village where half of drivers are speeding A study found that 52% of drivers were over the speed limit when entering the village, and 100 were even going almost double that. The mayor has called for increased police checks
New poll: 68% say they support French motorway speed limit reduction Study suggests people would be prepared to slow down in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
We鈥檒l resist a cut in motorway speed limit, say French car activists Debates have resurfaced around reducing the speed limit on French motorways to 110km/h, which a leading drivers鈥� group says would be counterproductive when it comes to safety
Should French motorway speed limits be cut to 110km/h? Your feedback The possibility of reducing the maximum limit from 130km/h has been receiving government and press attention in recent weeks
Winter tyres, 90km/h: Five November updates for drivers in France From extended fuel discounts to snow tyres in certain departments, we look at what motorists should be aware of this month
French PM requests new study into reducing motorway speed to 110km/h The idea was dismissed last year but has now resurfaced and is being cited as a way to save drivers money. A petition of opposition has been launched
MAP: French departments where roads are back to 90km/h speed limits Puy-de-D么me became the latest department to raise the limit from 80km/h yesterday
French road speed limit back to 90km/h across 42 departments Puy-de-D么me in central France is the latest to make the change to its secondary roads. Road safety bodies still advocate 80km/h
Speed cameras, tunnel signs: Five updates for drivers in France Drivers are warned about a type of mobile motorway camera, another department returns to a 90km/h speed limit and more
Drivers in France may no longer lose licence points for minor speeding The 鈧�135 or 鈧�68 fines would stay, however, as would point losses for more serious offences
Less obvious or clearer? New speed radar road signs roll out in France The road safety agency says the two signs give information more 鈥榪uickly and easily鈥� but a leading motorist organisation says they will trick drivers as less visible
What is the margin of tolerance for speed cameras in France? Motorists who speed in France risk being caught not only by fixed cameras but also by independent radar cars
80 or 90km/h? French speed limit changes continue to cause confusion A driving consumer group says 90% of people it polled are in favour of putting the general route d茅partementale limit back up to 90km/h
37 French departments reinstate 90km/h limit The French government imposed an 80km/h speed limit on all roads without central separation barriers in 2018
How can I stop cars speeding through my village in France? Speed limits are the responsibility of the village mayor in France and are only changed under limited circumstances
France鈥檚 private speed camera cars: Where are they, who drives them? There are currently around 225 private vehicles covering eight departments and operated by several companies
Private speed camera cars to be expanded across France Cars run by private operators, rather than the police, are often popular models such as the Peugeot 308, Dacia Sandero and Citro毛n Berlingo to help them go undetected
Should France's 130km/h motorway speed limit be lowered? Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and presidential candidate says the limit is high. We look at how France鈥檚 limit compares to other countries
Has reducing the French speed limit to 80km/h saved lives? A new study says that lowering the limit has not reduced deaths in contrast to claims from the government. Several roads - or parts of them - have since returned to a 90km/h limit
Appeal lodged against 鈥榓rbitrary鈥� 30km/h speed limit in Paris Residents, driver associations and shop keepers unconvinced by rationale behind lower limit introduced this summer to improve road safety and reduce nuisance noise
鈥楳acron鈥檚 鈥榞reat planet鈥� is filling up with speed sign scrap metal鈥� In a fix: 33 departments have raised their 鈥榖ack鈥� roads back to 90, however as they cannot control the 鈥榤ain鈥� national roads, the speed limit actually remains slower
Speed trap captures runners breaking Paris鈥� new 30km/h limit A concept store for runners is putting athletes through their paces while drivers complain saying the new limit means 鈥榠t would be quicker to walk鈥�
Speed limit set to lower to 30km/h in most of Paris from August 30 The change is intended to improve road safety and reduce noise but one of France鈥檚 main drivers鈥� associations says the move as 鈥榥onsensical, incomprehensible and dangerous鈥�
France tests speed cameras that also check phone and seatbelt use The new cameras will be smaller and more inconspicuous than current models and are being tested in Toulouse and areas of Doubs
Number of private speed camera cars set to double in France this year It will bring the total number of speed camera cars up to 450, just under half of which will be operated by private companies
French driver got 33 fines due to average speed camera 鈥� What is this? Woman argues she did not understand how the cameras worked, after dozens of fines arrived in a short space of time. Her family is fighting the case as the first ones took 10 months to arrive
Paris speed limit set to 30kph across most of capital The limit, which already applied to 60% of the city centre roads, will extend across the majority of routes except for some major boulevards and the p茅riph茅rique
Unmarked radar cars to quadruple in France by end of 2020 The number of patrolling unmarked radar cars currently used by the police and private firms under contract is set to rise significantly next year
Nantes latest city in France to set 30 kph limit in centre The city of Nantes in western France has become the latest city in France to impose a 30 kph speed limit almost everywhere, after Grenoble and Lille, in an aim to reduce noise and pollution, and improve safety.
How to spot unmarked speed control cars on French roads As unmarked police cars catch drivers speeding on French roads using infrared cameras, a new site is aiming to catalogue all unmarked "radar cars" currently being used in France.
France's 80kph speed limit saved 349 lives 鈥� official report Lowering the national speed limit to 80kph from 90kph from June 2018 outside motorways and dual-carriageways saved 349 lives according to the government commission set up to examine the change.
French village latest to install 鈥榮hock鈥� speed limit signs A village in northeast France has become the latest to install 鈥渟hock鈥� road signs in a bid to persuade speeding road users into slowing down.
Minister in favour of lowering French motorway speed limit A proposal to reduce motorway speed limits to 110 kph in France, put forward by the citizens' Climate Change Convention, was "personally" supported today (Monday June 22) by minister of transport and ecology, Elisabeth Borne.
First French department confirms return to 90kph limit The Haute-Marne in eastern France has become the first department to officially change back to a 90kph speed limit on departmental roads, 18 months after the government first imposed a drop to 80kph.
Road deaths in France up almost 10% in January The number of people who died on the roads in France jumped by almost 10% in January this year compared to January last year, a contrast to the 鈥渉istorically low鈥� numbers seen in 2019.
Driver speeding at 230kph arrested in central France A driver doing more than 230kph in an 80kph zone - more than 150kph over the speed limit - has been stopped and arrested by gendarmerie in central France.
France had 鈥榟istoric low鈥� of 3,239 road deaths in 2019 There was a 鈥渉istorically low鈥� number of road deaths in France in 2019, according to interior minister Christophe Castaner, as debates over safety and speed limits continue.
French village uses dark humour signs to stop speeding A mayor in the north of France has installed some darkly comedic additions to the usual speed limit signs on a major road in his commune, to warn speeding drivers to slow down.
French nature group: 鈥楧rop motorway limit to 100kph鈥� Reducing speed limits by as much as 30kph on French motorways as a way to 鈥減rotect the environment鈥� and 鈥渋mprove public transport鈥� would be a 鈥渨inning strategy鈥�, a French environmental group has said.
Vandalism blamed for huge fall in speed cash in France Revenue from speed cameras is set to plummet this year and an 鈥渦nprecedented wave of vandalism鈥� is partly to blame.
French city Marseille holds uninsured vehicle record A record one in five vehicles in the southern city of Marseille is being driven without insurance, it has emerged, just over a week after it was confirmed that speed cameras will now track uninsured vehicles.
No hurry to change back to 90kph limit on French roads The controversial 80kph speed limit imposed last year on many departmental roads is likely to remain until at least the end of the year, despite government promises to change it in May.
Praise due for drivers In 1972, road deaths in France exceeded 16,500. By 2018, bearing in mind more cars on more and faster roads, the figure (dependant on which source you use) is 3,488.
French cars can now be fined in Ireland and Sweden Drivers with French licence plates on their vehicle now risk a fine at home if they are caught speeding in two more countries - Ireland and Sweden - in addition to the 18 other nations already on the list.
Map of France shows roads changing speed back to 90kph A map of departments in France that could change the speed limit from 80 kph to 90 kph on certain roads has been published, with the Haute-Marne (Grand-Est) the first to make the leap.
Tough new radars brought in as 80kph limit is eased Some speed cameras damaged or destroyed by gilets jaunes protestors are to be replaced this year by new, more powerful radars tourelles.
Drivers must concentrate I agree that a 90kph speed limit on narrow country roads is too high but an 80kph limit on major roads is too low.
How was trial a success? RE your report ( 3 more regions to get unmarked speed cars , June issue), you say these cars are being rolled out 鈥渁fter a year-long trial in Normandy was deemed to be a success鈥�.
French town sets 30 kph speed limit on all roads A town near Bordeaux (Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine) has become the first of its size in France to introduce a 30 kph speed limit on all of its roads.
France votes potential return to 90 kph on some roads The French Assembly has voted in favour of potentially reversing the 80 kph speed limit drop from 90 kph on some departmental roads, almost a year after the controversial measure was introduced.
French speeder made false plates to punish cousin A driver is due in court this week after creating a false number plate to trick authorities into wrongly punishing his cousin for speeding.
EU law means black boxes in new cars from 2022 Motoring lobby group fears plans to install so-called black boxes in new cars in the EU will "punish" drivers for all minor traffic infringements
French regional roads back to 90kph A decision to relax speed limit rules on 400,000km of departmental roads has been cautiously welcomed 鈥� but a national blanket rise in limits is unlikely.
