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French road safety and driving license regulations

Overview

France has expanded its road safety enforcement by implementing a nationwide policy to administratively suspend driving licenses for motorists caught using handheld mobile phones. Following pilot programs, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez and Minister Marie-Pierre Vedrenne instructed prefects to apply these sanctions, which can range from 15 days to six months depending on the driver’s history. This penalty is applied in addition to a 135-euro fine and the loss of three penalty points.

In conjunction with such enforcement, drivers have the option to recover up to four points on their license by completing a two-day road safety awareness course at a prefecture-approved center. To be valid for point restoration, the training must last two consecutive days, and drivers are limited to one such voluntary course every twelve months.

Entities

France · Bruno Retailleau · Ministry of the Interior · Laurent Nunez · Marie-Pierre Vedrenne

Timeline

  1. [POLITICS] 2 sources
    France: Driver license point recovery through awareness courses

    Drivers in France can recover up to four points on their license through mandatory two-day road safety awareness courses at prefecture-approved centers.

  2. [INTERNATIONAL] 10 sources
    France implements nationwide driving license suspensions for phone use

    France is expanding a policy nationwide to administratively suspend driving licenses for motorists caught using handheld mobile phones while driving, aiming to reduce road fatalities.

Sources

alloforfait.fr · atarde.com.br · auto-swiat.pl · economiematin.fr · motoryzacja.interia.pl · nezignan.fr · phonandroid.com · politiquematin.fr · republicain-lorrain.fr · thelocal.fr · voiture-valk.fr · vosgesmatin.fr