Very present throughout France, the prohibited direction except residents allows to restrict access to certain streets. But what are we risking in taking it?
You have inevitably already crossed some, and you have undoubtedly already plagued on them, which sometimes prevent you from taking a route which would have saved you precious minutes. Those are the directions prohibited except residents, very widespread in the territory. What’s the point ? Quite simply to restrict access to a street and to reserve it only for its inhabitants, in order to avoid nuisances, such as drivers using the said street as a shortcut. This sign is therefore installed by decision of the mayor of the municipality, who must then justify his decision by municipal decree.
A vague term
According to’article L2213-4 of the Code of Territorial Collectivities, “ the mayor can, by reasoned decree, prohibit the access of certain roads or of certain portions of roads or of certain sectors of the municipality to the vehicles whose circulation on these ways or in these sectors is likely to compromise either the public peace, either the quality of the air, or the protection of animal or plant species, or the protection of natural spaces, landscapes or sites or their enhancement for aesthetic, ecological, agricultural, forestry or tourist purposes “. This restriction can then be permanent or depend on the schedule.
Anyway, if you decide to take this road without being able to prove that you are actually a local resident, you will incur the same penalty as if you take a forbidden street. You will then be fined € 135, reduced to € 90, together with a withdrawal of four points on your driving license.
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Very present throughout France, the prohibited direction except residents allows to restrict access to certain streets. But what are we risking in taking it?
You have inevitably already crossed some, and you have undoubtedly already plagued on them, which sometimes prevent you from taking a route which would have saved you precious minutes. Those are the directions prohibited except residents, very widespread in the territory. What’s the point ? Quite simply to restrict access to a street and to reserve it only for its inhabitants, in order to avoid nuisances, such as drivers using the said street as a shortcut. This sign is therefore installed by decision of the mayor of the municipality, who must then justify his decision by municipal decree.
A vague term
According to’article L2213-4 of the Code of Territorial Collectivities, “ the mayor can, by reasoned decree, prohibit the access of certain roads or of certain portions of roads or of certain sectors of the municipality to the vehicles whose circulation on these ways or in these sectors is likely to compromise either the public peace, either the quality of the air, or the protection of animal or plant species, or the protection of natural spaces, landscapes or sites or their enhancement for aesthetic, ecological, agricultural, forestry or tourist purposes “. This restriction can then be permanent or depend on the schedule.
Anyway, if you decide to take this road without being able to prove that you are actually a local resident, you will incur the same penalty as if you take a forbidden street. You will then be fined € 135, reduced to € 90, together with a withdrawal of four points on your driving license.
Also read on Auto-Moto.com:
Disabled spaces: what are the rules?
Klaxon in built-up areas: what are the rules?
Slow vehicle path: What is it? What are the rules?
