Stephane Place (correspondent in Bordeaux) 12:22, March 20, 2023

Every day, Europe 1 looks at an idea or a problem in your daily life. In Bordeaux, some drivers find it difficult to respect the 30 km/h limit imposed on certain streets.

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To save fuel, some decide to drive slower. In many city centre streets, such as Paris, Lyon and Nantes, speed is now limited to 30 kilometres per hour. Some drivers, as in Bordeaux, find it difficult to play the game.

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"It's impossible!"

"I try to be careful, but sometimes I drive a little above," says a driver at the microphone of Europe 1. "It's impossible to hold 30 kilometers per hour," adds another.

These Bordeaux drivers have difficulty respecting the 30 kilometers per hour in a city where this limitation is imposed in nine streets out of ten. Educational speed cameras also indicate speeding. The latter do not flash, but record speeds around 35 to 40 kilometers per hour on average.

Lay out streets accordingly

According to Didier Jeanjean, deputy mayor, these data correspond to very specific axes: "What do these figures come to sanction? They come and say that we are quite right to put them in these places. These are streets that are not yet developed, but now we have a road development program. We plan to increase sidewalks. When you're in a tight space, you drive slower."

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"Tree plantations are also a game changer. In a tree-lined street, where visibility is less, the speed changes. We are removing the fires. When there are no lights, we do not have the reflex to accelerate when the light is orange so that it does not turn red, "he continues. According to the elected official, the average speed in Bordeaux, beyond these particular streets, is 22 kilometers per hour, well below 30.