Speed radar signs will be 2km ahead

First batch of long-distance speed camera warning signs, placed 2km before radar positions, will go up next month

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THE first batch of new speed radar warning signs, which will be placed up to 2km ahead of the actual cameras, will go up next month.

The new signs, which carry the words ”pour votre sécurité, contrôles radars fréquents”, mark a zone where several cameras, both fixed and mobile, may be operating.

The first signs will be set up in the Dordogne and the Haut Rhin.

Following a change in the law this month, the current maximum distance of 400m for warning signs will be extended to cover a distance of 1-2km from the first camera

“These new panels are to stop drivers who are breaking the limit suddenly braking in front of the signs. They should make motorists drive responsibly at all times,” said Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo.

The first signs will be on the RD 936 at Lamonzie-Saint-Martin in the Dordogne, on the A36 at Sausheim in the Haut-Rhin and the RD 83 at Rouffach in the Haut-Rhin.

France now counts 1,689 fixed cameras and 933 mobile ones, plus 234 cameras for catching drivers jumping red lights and 39 on level crossings.

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