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All new cars in France will soon ‘beep’ at you if you speed

May 24, 2024/

From July 2024, new vehicles must have anti-speeding measures such as beeping or flashing alerts

These systems must help drivers to comply with speed limits and reduce the risk of accidents, the regulation states.

Hannah Thompson

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Over 600,000 drivers are set to receive fines for small infractions in 2023. This meant that drivers who had been speeding at less than 5 km/h over the limit in 2023 were not sanctioned. Now, however, these people will be receiving speeding tickets after all. The fines due are estimated to be worth €8 million.

Speeding less than 20 km/h over the limit, in an 50+ km/h limit area: €68, reduced to €45 if paid within 15 days. This increases to €180 if not paid within 45 days.
Speeding in an area under 50 km/h: €135, reduced to €90 if paid within 15 days, increased to €375 if not paid within 45 days.
Speeding at more than 50 km/h over the limit: €1,500 (no reductions or increases).
If the driver speeds by this amount again: €3,750.

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1 Comments

Russ Fletcher on May 24, 2024 at 10:27 am
With the speed limits changing every few hundred yards and GPS being completely unreliable to correctly show the speed limit, this is going to result in a symphony of sorts that could drive drivers crazy. Add in the challenges of speed camera technology and you have a clear case for autonomous vehicles being a better way to travel. Still waiting to see what my transgression$$$ will be after driving for 2 months in France in a fairly peppy car…..
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