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31 department presidents ask the government to waive the general limit to 80 km / h

Radars - 31 presidents of departments ask the government to waive the general limit to 80 km / h -

In an open letter published yesterday, 31 department presidents led by François Fillon’s former civil service minister, the centrist François Sauvadet (UDI, Côte d’Or), pledge to ask the government of Edouard Philippe " a differentiated application of the speed limit to 80 km / h ".

The mobilization does not weaken against the drop in speed to 80 km / h: in addition to, the and associations like the and, 31 presidents of departments led by François Sauvadet (above in full tasting at the Agricultural Show) ask the government to revise this project, which was largely rejected by the French.

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In their open letter, the 30 signatories (see below) recall that "according to figures compiled by the association 40 million motorists, the reduction of the speed limit has not made it possible to reduce road mortality" on the sections of the experiment (13 km on the RN 57 between Vesoul and Rioz, 55 km on the RN 151 between Auxerre and La Charite-sur-Loire and 18 km on the RN 7 between Crozes and Hermitage-Valence).

Favor pragmatic solutions

"The inhabitants of rural areas are directly impacted by this measure, the car often constituting the only means of local transport", underline the elected officials coming mainly from rural departments: "the generalized and undifferentiated application of this new rule inevitably generates a misunderstanding from motorists "(and bikers, editor’s note!)

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"This is why the presidents of the undersigned departments are asking the government to abandon the plan to lower the overall speed limit from 90 to 80 km / h on the roads of the secondary network and to favor pragmatic solutions, on a case-by-case basis. , in consultation with the departments on the most accident-prone sections ", as provided for in the National Assembly.

"The government can go back on the generalization of the reduction of the speed limit to 80 km / h on the secondary road network, it costs nothing and it can be put in place quickly", specifies for his part François Sauvadet: "Edouard Philippe can initiate negotiations with the department presidents to determine on which sections the speed limit could be lowered. I, for my part, am available to work in intelligence with the State services and to work on a case by case basis, as closely as possible. realities on the ground ".

The signatories of the open letter

  • François SAUVADET, President of the Departmental Council of COTE-D’OR, President of the DCI group of ADF
  • Nicolas FRICOTEAUX, President of the Departmental Council of AISNE
  • Noël BOURGEOIS, President of the Departmental Council of ARDENNES
  • Philippe PICHERY, President of the Departmental Council of AUBE
  • Claude RIBOULET, President of the Departmental Council of ALLIER
  • Jean-Marie BERNARD, President of the Departmental Council of the HAUTES-ALPES
  • Jean-Leonce DUPONT, President of the Departmental Council of CALVADOS
  • Bruno FAURE, President of the Departmental Council of CANTAL
  • François BONNEAU, President of the Departmental Council of CHARENTE
  • Pascal COSTE, President of the Departmental Council of CORREZE
  • Valerie SIMONET, President of the Departmental Council of CREUSE
  • Serge DESCOUT, President of the Departmental Council of INDRE
  • Jean-Pierre BARBIER, President of the Departmental Council of ISERE
  • Clement PERNOT, President of the Departmental Council of JURA
  • Jean-Pierre MARCON, President of the Departmental Council of HAUTE-LOIRE
  • Marc GAUDET, President of the Departmental Council of LOIRET
  • Marc LEFEVRE, President of the Departmental Council of MANCHE
  • Christian BRUYEN, President of the Departmental Council of MARNE
  • Nicolas LACROIX, President of the Departmental Council of HAUTE-MARNE
  • Claude LEONARD, President of the Departmental Council of MEUSE
  • Patrick WEITEN, President of the Departmental Council of MOSELLE
  • Jean-Rene LECERF, President of the Departmental Council of NORD
  • Nadège LEFEVRE, President of the Departmental Council of OISE
  • Christophe DE BALORRE, President of the Departmental Council of ORNE
  • Christophe GUILLOTEAU, President of the Departmental Council of RHONE
  • Andre ACCARY, President of the Departmental Council of SAONE-ET-LOIRE
  • Pierre BEDIER, President of the Departmental Council of YVELINES
  • Patrick GENDRAUD, President of the Departmental Council of YONNE
  • Florian BOUQUET, President of the Departmental Council of TERRITOIRE-DE-BELFORT
  • François DUROVRAY, President of the Departmental Council of ESSONNE
  • Marie-Christine CAVECCHI, President of the Departmental Council of VAL-D’OISE

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