Departures on vacation: the Juillettists on the road to the South despite the traffic jams

Frédéric Michel, edited by Ophélie Artaud 11:36 a.m., July 09, 2022

The Julyists are on the bridge or in the car.

First weekend of the summer holidays and Bison Futé sees red in the direction of departures, even black in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes.

It is particularly advisable to avoid the A7 motorway between Lyon and Orange between 7 am and 9 pm.

This Friday, a peak of 785 kilometers of traffic jams has already been recorded at the end of the afternoon.

On the A8, the Côte d'Azur motorway, the traffic is slowly starting to load even if it was still fluid at the start of the morning.

“We feel that it is starting to get crowded”

Coffee break on the Canaver area, near Fréjus, for this family starting their vacation.

"We left Vens in the Alpes-Maritimes, to go to Valensole. To see the lavender, we drove quietly, we left at 6:30 a.m. For the moment, no traffic jam".

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To avoid traffic jams, Farat left Marseilles in the middle of the night, bound for Italy.

"It's going well but we feel that it's starting to get crowded. We especially thought about taking water."

Respect the rules of the road

Water, because it will be hot all day on the vacation route.

Road on which you do not ride alone, so you have to adapt your driving.

"You have to look carefully at the mirrors, put on your indicator when changing lanes. Of course, you also have to respect the distances, and avoid staying in the middle lane on the motorway, because that encourages motorists to overtake by the right, with the risks that this can represent. We are on the right lane, "recalls Olivier Candelier, head of operations and traffic safety at Vinci Autoroutes.

And on the road, we take a break every two hours to rest and arrive in good shape at our destination.