The interfile circulation experiment postponed to February 1, 2016

In the absence of details on the end of the 100 horses yet expected in a few days (read MNC of December 23, 2015 and our Special Report Motorcycles limited to 100 horses: end of the French exception in 2016), decree n ° 2015-1750 published Saturday in the Official Journal announces the establishment of "the interfile experiment …

In the absence of details on the end of the 100 horses yet expected in a few days (read and our), decree n ° 2015-1750 published on Saturday announced the establishment of "the interfile experiment of motorized two-wheelers" on the expressways in Ile-de-France, Bouches-du-Rhône, Gironde and Rhône from February 1, 2016.

What you need to know about experimentation of interfile circulation

The decree authorizes the inter-line movement of certain motorized two or three-wheeled vehicles with a maximum width of one meter. A driver is in inter-queues when traveling between the two lines of vehicles located on the two traffic lanes furthest to the left of a roadway. This traffic is not considered to be an overtaking. Inter-line traffic is authorized when traffic has, due to its density, established itself in an uninterrupted file on all lanes, up to a maximum speed of 50 km / h. It can only be performed on highways and roads, the maximum authorized speed of which is greater than or equal to 70 km / h, with two carriageways separated by a central median and equipped with at least two lanes each, of the departments Bouches-du-Rhône, Gironde, Rhône and those of the Ile-de-France region, in particular the Paris ring road. In order to disseminate knowledge of the supervision of this practice, the rules governing inter-lane traffic will be integrated into the teaching of driving any vehicle allowed to travel on public roads..

Initiation after years of procrastination (read in particular and), this "experimentation" – of what is practiced naturally since motorcycles and traffic jams exist and which is already authorized in … – should in particular make it possible to authorize its teaching in cars and motorbike schools.

It is tested for a period of four years (extendable within the limit of one year) and will be the subject of evaluation reports. The Minister in charge of road safety sets by decree the dates for the start and end of the experiment but can also suspend it by decree.

"This decree embodies a fight waged for more than 20 years", rejoices the French Federation of Angry Bikers (FFMC) recalling that a decree had already been drafted in 1999 but that it had not been signed by the Ministry of the Interior…

"What the authorities call" experimentation "is actually an observation phase for a practice carried out in all major cities of France in the event of traffic jams and which allows users on motorbikes or scooters not to get stuck between crowded lines of cars in traffic jams. This specific practice of powered two-wheelers which can seem stressful to all road users in such circumstances is actually quite safe, as evidenced by the fatality figures for two-wheelers. very low motorized wheels on the Paris ring road (the most used road in Europe) where the interfile has been used for years without problems ", also underlines the FFMC.

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