Faced with the revolt of millions of motorists, the government has softened its position by allowing the departments to return to 90 km / h on part – or on all – of their road network, on condition of carrying out an accident study. and to obtain the favorable opinion of the departmental road safety commission. The mobility orientation law, which was promulgated on December 26, 2019, regulated this possibility.
Since that date, nearly half of the French departments have chosen to increase the speed on all or part of their roads, and return to the previous level. According to the Drivers’ Defense League, to date 46 have made this decision, i.e. nearly 52,000 km of roads concerned.
Here is the list of departments that have changed their roads to 90 km/h:
Allier*, Ardèche*, Aube, Aveyron*, Bas-Rhin, Calvados, Cantal*, Charente, Charente-Maritime, Cher, Corrèze*, Côte-d’Or, Creuse*, Deux-Sèvres, Dordogne, Eure-et- Loir, Gers, Haute-Loire, Haute-Marne, Haute-Saône, Haute-Vienne, Hautes-Alpes, Hautes-Pyrénées, Haut-Rhin, Hérault, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Isère, Jura, Loir-et- Cher, Loiret, Lozère, Maine-et-Loire, Marne, Mayenne, Meuse, Morbihan, Orne, Puy-de-Dôme*, Saône-et-Loire, Sarthe, Seine-et-Marne, Tarn, Var, Vienne, Vosges , Yonne.
? The return to 90 km / h on the departmental roads of #PuydeDome was voted by the County Council.
A decision taken in consultation with all the actors involved in road safety ?#90kmh #routes pic.twitter.com/VPzPKKyBLB– Puy-de-Dôme, my Department (@Departement63) July 5, 2022
