France chooses caution, from today limit to 80 km / h

The eye on kilometers counts. The speed limit is lowered to 40% of the French road network

From midnight on Sunday, on more than 400 000 kilometers of roads, the limit has increased from 90 kilometers per hour to 80.

A measure which The Paris government could save between 300 and 400 lives a year.

Two-way streets, with no traffic islands, average half of all fatal accidents.

Pbadage at 80 km / h, France could reduce CO2 emissions by up to 1 million cubic meters per year.

The Netherlands, Sweden, Malta and Ireland have already introduced the limit of 80 km / hour, while Denmark has 90 km / h

In Germany and Austria, the upper limit : 100 km / h on secondary roads

European countries with the lowest speeds are generally those with the fewest casualties. route

France, with nearly 3,700 deaths in 2017, is below the European average.

The government plans an experimentation phase, during which offenders will benefit from some leniency.

The executive also scheduled the device verification date for July 1, 2020.