With the Paris ring road at 50 km/h, it is also the end of the inter-queue for bikers – Liberation

The reduction in speeds on the Paris ring road from this Tuesday, October 1, will have a double effect on bikers, who no longer have the right to move between the lines of cars. They are opposing the ban on this practice.

Ile-de-France motorists will not be the only ones who will have to review their habits on the ring road. Motorcyclists will also be affected by the speed reduction from 70 to 50 km/h, which will be gradually introduced from this Tuesday, October 1. Doubly so, because this reduction in the authorized speed also deprives them of the right to practice inter-lane circulation.

Authorized on an experimental basis from August 2021, this measure allowed two and three motorized wheels to slip between rows of cars when there was heavy traffic. But this happened only on main roads separated by central reservations, with two lanes on either side “Where the maximum authorized speed is greater than or equal to 70 km/h”,

“Situation deplorable”

The experiment with inter-lane traffic was extended through a new decree until December 31, 2024. But with the reduction of 50 km/h, the new maximum speed authorized on the Ring Road will make its practice obsolete, as it will no longer exist. Meet all the conditions listed in the law.

“I’m not sure everyone, the bikers, understands it that well,” asked Police Prefect Laurent Nunez last week. To continue this practice on the circular boulevard, a waiver would be required, decided by the Road Safety Delegation, a unit of the Ministry of the Interior. But “He has not yet expressed his desire”, according to of paris,

In a press release issued in early September, the French Federation of Angry Bikers noted “Unfortunate situation. Especially when we know the frequent traffic jams on the Paris Belt, while motorized two-wheelers make it possible to optimize urban mobility: 10% motorized two-wheelers means 40% less traffic jams. According to the association, which was then based on a university study published in 2015.

Bikers already experienced the disappearance of the inter-file during the Olympic Games this summer, during which the practice was suspended between July 15 and September 15, but only on “Olympic” routes, this being reserved for Paris. . 2024 games. Cross-line traffic was still authorized between the second and third lanes of traffic.