The town of Poissy in Yvelines (78) is one of those that decided to spend all its streets in 30 km/h zone from 2021, including departmental roads. And it is one of them that creates a problem: a fixed radarset at 30 km/h and placed at the entrance to the city, spread from the moment of installation many VPs as a welcome gift.

This new speed limit of 30 km/h was announced by the municipality when it was installed, thanks to the information boards placed on the street: these have now been removed and there is only one “Zone 30” sign installed at the entrance to the conurbation, as it is required by the Traffic Rules
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Radar zone 30 km/h: very profitable radar

When you arrive in Poissy on department road 190, from the forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye you drive down the avenue du General Eisenhower: a wide road separated from the neighboring houses by walls lined with trees, and down. Under these conditions, as you can imagine, it is it is difficult to maintain a speed of 30 km/hwithout braking or taking your eyes off the speedometer.

It was in this place a fixed speed control camera of 30 km/h is installedand well hidden by the vegetation: it has been crackling at all costs ever since, and punishes motorists who go a little over the speed limit with a pleasant surprise in the mail a few days later.

The number of low-emission zones is increasing in French cities. In order to massively punish illegal vehicles, ZFE radars will soon appear. https://t.co/KNM6Z8EqGB

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30 km/h radar zone: a trap for many motorists

On the specialized website Radars-auto, numerous victims of this radar are condemned “great sense of injustice” and one “ordinary theft” in this “The city of Poissy that rips off its inhabitants”reminding us that this well-protected axis is not prone to accidents.

A few meters upstream the presence of a camera is well indicated by a sign “For your safety frequent camera checks”, but the problem is that it is drowned in the lots of other information : there are “Zone 30” signs covered with fluorescent lamps, which remind of the speed limit, a totem at the entrance to the city, a street map, a bus stop, a “Blooming Cities and Villages” sign, another one warns of the presence of a pedestrian crossing. , the “end of priority” sign, signs reminding of parking and delivery rules, or the presence of video surveillance and video verbalization.

30km/h speed camera zone: still rare at the moment

Since the establishment of zones 30 in many cities of the hexagon, it currently exists only in France 6 fixed speed cameras set to flash at this rate, all located in the Île-de-France: one in Poissy, three in Paris, and two in Choise-le-Roi (94).

Another 30 km/h radar was installed in Lyon, but has since been dismantled: the Rhône prefecture said the radars had no “not intended for installation on axles with a speed of 30 km/h”except for the occasion “Proven emergency”…

Private radar cars are invisible and blend into the flow of motorists. But there are sites where their license plates are listed! https://t.co/QJf7zbrfIP

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