Few people know the law on car washes, but it exists quite understandable.

It is strictly forbidden to wash the car public roads. Otherwise, you are exposing yourself fine or even prison.

That’s why it’s important to know well details of this law and why it is forbidden to wash his car

What does the law say?

But specifically, what does the law say about car wash? If we look section 99-3 of departmental sanitary standards it is written that “Car washing is prohibited on public roads, private roads open to public traffic, banks, ports and quays, and in public parks and gardens.”

In short, the law wants to prohibit bottling wastewater onto public roads is unauthorized in advance.

This prevents this residues of hydrocarbons and oils penetrate into the ground and therefore pollute environment.

📣Une alerte 𝗾ui reste pour le mome nt non contraignante!

Avoid as much as possible…
🍅 for watering the garden during the day
🏊 to fill or complete your pool
🏡 for watering lawns
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— ALEC Lyon (@ALEC_Lyon) May 3, 2023

Up to 2 years of imprisonment

If you still want to wash your car on a public road, know that you are taking a risk sanction.

The fine can be up to 450 euros. Only if it is proven sewage spills your car caused pollution, you face jail time 2 years as well as a fine of 75,000 euros.

Fortunately, there is alternatives remodel beauty to your car. For example, you can choose dry cleaner’s.

You don’t use water, so a more ecological approach and you don’t have to rinsing therefore there is no risk of penetration toxic products in soils.

Finally, you can just leave at the car wash. Today there are many of them, and therefore you will be impeccably respected law.

47 departments with water restrictions

From Last yearthe government authorizes to proclaim Drought and thus limit water some departments.

currently 47 departments already engaged. However, there are none the same level the intensity of the restriction.

Example, some departments are at the bottom level “drought alert”. This is the case du Var, corners of Bouches-du-Rhône, Vaucluse, Drôme, Haute-Loire, Oise, Seine-et-Marne, Vienna, and the entire Haute-Saône department.

others are located in “advanced notification”as part du Gard, as well as the Pyrenees-Orientales, Ain, Oise, Alpes-Maritimes and Yvelines.

finally, two departments are located in “crisis”. This is the case of Bouches-du-Rhône and Gars. It is forbidden to wash the car with water in all these subdivisions.