Exceeding 90 km/h on these motorways will now result in fines.
Motorways are the only roads in France where it is possible to drive up to 130 kilometres/hour without risking a fine. Some sections, often with only two lanes or on the outskirts of large cities, are limited to 110 and sometimes, particularly during roadworks, it is forbidden to exceed 90. Unfortunately for some motorists, the sections where the authorised speed can no longer exceed 90 km/h are multiplying.
This has been the case since the beginning of the summer on the motorways affected by the Olympic lanes. Because beyond the fact of no longer being able to drive in the left lane, reserved for certain vehicles, at the risk of receiving a fine, all the sections of motorway affected by this Olympic system have seen their authorized speed reduced by 20km/h, going from 110 to 90 km/h. This new rule, in force since July 15, is often poorly known by drivers, which has led to an explosion in the number of fines.
While there was no truce on the A1, which was affected from July 15 to September 11, the A4, A12 and A13 saw their Olympic lanes “deactivated” between the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games. But since August 27, on the A12 and A13, and from August 30 on the A4, it is once again forbidden for the average person to drive on the left, but also to exceed 90 km/h regardless of the lane. We strongly advise you to watch your speedometer if you are used to driving at 110 km/h on these roads, because it is very easy to get caught out by a flash. And if this should happen to you, be aware that driving at 110 instead of 90 on the motorway results in a fine of 68 euros, accompanied by the withdrawal of 1 point on your driving license.
In a few days, from September 8 or 11, the various Olympic lanes will go dormant again and it will then be possible to drive at 110 km/h on the sections of the A4, A12 and A13 motorways marked “Paris 2024”. But be careful, the Olympic lanes could then be transformed into carpooling lanes, with the left lane reserved for vehicles carrying at least two people. There is therefore nothing to say that these sections of motorways will not soon become permanently limited to 90.