13th August 2022
Around half the departments in France have decided to lift the maximum 80kph speed limit to 90kph on some or all of their roads.
Since July 2018 an 80kph speed limit has been in place on secondary departmental roads in France that have no central barrier, and where road signs indicate no other speed limit applies.
The decision sparked a huge amount of controversy, to the extent that in 2019 the law was changed to allow departments to return to 90kph, subject to the advice of the local road safety committee, who were all issued with 'guidance' by the government.