Sooty09
Registered user
Just returned from 10 days in Northern France, visiting some of my favourite areas.
I knew the speed limit had been reduced Nationally to 80KPH (50MPH) except motorways and roads with a central divider. There has been very little notice about this and opinion seems divided in France, some are obeying totally while others are just as crazy as before. Many of the cameras we passed have been bagged and taped up, others have had the lens painted black. I can cope with 50 most of the time but I was really shocked to find every small village and town has drastically lowered limits, cross roads with two houses and a dog kennel are now 50kph, village centres 30kph with massive speed bumps and so many silly roundabouts.
Every village has an illuminated speed indicator, so you dont have a good excuse if the Law catches you.
Setting off from camp at 10:30 and riding until 16:30 with half hour lunch break we could not cover more than 150 miles on normal roads.
We got so fed up we left France and headed through Belgium, what a difference, sensible limits and such a pleasure to ride through the Ardennes.
I knew the speed limit had been reduced Nationally to 80KPH (50MPH) except motorways and roads with a central divider. There has been very little notice about this and opinion seems divided in France, some are obeying totally while others are just as crazy as before. Many of the cameras we passed have been bagged and taped up, others have had the lens painted black. I can cope with 50 most of the time but I was really shocked to find every small village and town has drastically lowered limits, cross roads with two houses and a dog kennel are now 50kph, village centres 30kph with massive speed bumps and so many silly roundabouts.
Every village has an illuminated speed indicator, so you dont have a good excuse if the Law catches you.
Setting off from camp at 10:30 and riding until 16:30 with half hour lunch break we could not cover more than 150 miles on normal roads.
We got so fed up we left France and headed through Belgium, what a difference, sensible limits and such a pleasure to ride through the Ardennes.