{"id":21018,"date":"2019-06-26T09:37:07","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T07:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/?p=21018"},"modified":"2019-06-26T17:55:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T15:55:26","slug":"differentiated-traffic-regulation-what-you-must-know-before-driving-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/differentiated-traffic-regulation-what-you-must-know-before-driving-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Differentiated Traffic Regulation : what you must know before driving in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Differentiated Traffic Regulation : what you must know before driving in France<\/h2><div id=\"disco-1707137562\" class=\"disco-social-pug-2019 disco-entity-placement\"><p><div  class=\"dpsp-shortcode-wrapper dpsp-shape-rounded dpsp-size-medium dpsp-column-auto dpsp-has-spacing dpsp-has-buttons-count dpsp-show-on-mobile dpsp-button-style-6\"><ul class=\"dpsp-networks-btns-wrapper dpsp-networks-btns-share dpsp-networks-btns-content dpsp-column-auto \" style=\"padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none\">\n<li class=\"dpsp-network-list-item dpsp-network-list-item-facebook\" style=\"float:left\">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.discoverwalks.com%2Fblog%2Fdifferentiated-traffic-regulation-what-you-must-know-before-driving-in-france%2F&#038;t=Differentiated%20Traffic%20Regulation%20%3A%20what%20you%20must%20know%20before%20driving%20in%20France\" class=\"dpsp-network-btn dpsp-facebook dpsp-has-count dpsp-first dpsp-has-label\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" style=\"font-size:14px;padding:0rem;max-height:40px\" >\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-icon \">\n\t\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-icon-inner\" ><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 32\"><path d=\"M17.12 0.224v4.704h-2.784q-1.536 0-2.080 0.64t-0.544 1.92v3.392h5.248l-0.704 5.28h-4.544v13.568h-5.472v-13.568h-4.544v-5.28h4.544v-3.904q0-3.328 1.856-5.152t4.96-1.824q2.624 0 4.064 0.224z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-label\">Share<\/span><span class=\"dpsp-network-count\">117<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"dpsp-network-list-item dpsp-network-list-item-pinterest\" style=\"float:left\">\n\t<button rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.discoverwalks.com%2Fblog%2Fdifferentiated-traffic-regulation-what-you-must-know-before-driving-in-france%2F&#038;media=&#038;description=Differentiated%20Traffic%20Regulation%20%3A%20what%20you%20must%20know%20before%20driving%20in%20France\" class=\"dpsp-network-btn dpsp-pinterest dpsp-last dpsp-has-label\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Save to Pinterest\" title=\"Save to Pinterest\" style=\"font-size:14px;padding:0rem;max-height:40px\" >\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-icon \">\n\t\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-icon-inner\" ><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 23 32\"><path d=\"M0 10.656q0-1.92 0.672-3.616t1.856-2.976 2.72-2.208 3.296-1.408 3.616-0.448q2.816 0 5.248 1.184t3.936 3.456 1.504 5.12q0 1.728-0.32 3.36t-1.088 3.168-1.792 2.656-2.56 1.856-3.392 0.672q-1.216 0-2.4-0.576t-1.728-1.568q-0.16 0.704-0.48 2.016t-0.448 1.696-0.352 1.28-0.48 1.248-0.544 1.12-0.832 1.408-1.12 1.536l-0.224 0.096-0.16-0.192q-0.288-2.816-0.288-3.36 0-1.632 0.384-3.68t1.184-5.152 0.928-3.616q-0.576-1.152-0.576-3.008 0-1.504 0.928-2.784t2.368-1.312q1.088 0 1.696 0.736t0.608 1.824q0 1.184-0.768 3.392t-0.8 3.36q0 1.12 0.8 1.856t1.952 0.736q0.992 0 1.824-0.448t1.408-1.216 0.992-1.696 0.672-1.952 0.352-1.984 0.128-1.792q0-3.072-1.952-4.8t-5.12-1.728q-3.552 0-5.952 2.304t-2.4 5.856q0 0.8 0.224 1.536t0.48 1.152 0.48 0.832 0.224 0.544q0 0.48-0.256 1.28t-0.672 0.8q-0.032 0-0.288-0.032-0.928-0.288-1.632-0.992t-1.088-1.696-0.576-1.92-0.192-1.92z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"dpsp-network-label\">Pin<\/span><\/button><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you plan on driving in France, whether with your own car or with a rental car, you should be aware of what the Crit&#8217;Air Certificate is, and be familiar with the concept of Differentiated Traffic. If this previous sentence didn\u2019t seem English to you, bear with me, I am driving you through this specification of the French road code, which may save you from a few fines along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21019\" style=\"width: 934px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/traffic-407696_1920.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21019\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/traffic-407696_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"924\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/traffic-407696_1920.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/traffic-407696_1920-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/traffic-407696_1920-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/traffic-407696_1920-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/traffic-407696_1920-816x542.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source : Pixabay.com CC0<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Environment as the cause of new measures<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a scorching heat wave stuns France, most major cities struggle with another enemy coming from it: air contamination. Car emission gas are major factors for even higher temperatures and severe health problems. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To fight this, the French government has had the idea of regulating cars on the basis of their contamination level. Combined with the current efforts of most metropolitan areas to fight cars away (Â鶹APP ahead of all), this regulation principle marked a sharp turn in French policies, and, let&#8217;s face it, a major complication in the lives of the French.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of the new regulations principles lie on a small tool : the Crit&#8217;Air Certificate.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>What is the Crit\u2019Air Certificate?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Crit&#8217;Air certificate is a vehicle rating system \u00a0which is represented by an adhesive tag placed on the windshield of all motor vehicles. It rates the level of contamination generated by the said vehicle. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21021\" style=\"width: 825px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/critair_2_janvier-2017.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21021\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/critair_2_janvier-2017.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"815\" height=\"815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/critair_2_janvier-2017.png 815w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/critair_2_janvier-2017-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/critair_2_janvier-2017-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/critair_2_janvier-2017-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/critair_2_janvier-2017-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/critair_2_janvier-2017-88x88.png 88w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Crit&#8217;Air tag rating 2.- source : wikimedia commons, picture by Neil Dewhurst<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For cars, Crit&#8217;Air levels range from 0 &#8211; being the less emitting cars or the electric cars &#8211; to 5 -being the oldest cars with no particles filters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a given car, the date of the fabrication is usually the main criteria to rate it, along with its fuel type.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Do I need the Certificate?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you plan on driving in France, having the Certificate on your windshield is a good thing. It is not mandatory in most of the territory, but not having it may cause you some trouble in the event of &#8220;differentiated traffic&#8221; (see further in this article). Also, in Â鶹APP Metropolitan Area, the Certificate is mandatory so you should have it if you plan on driving there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your country of residence or your citizenship are not relevant : all vehicles circulating in France must have it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note that most rental cars will have the Crit&#8217;Air tag on their windshield.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>How do I get the Certificate?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you wish to get the Crit&#8217;Air Certificate for a future stay in France, you can order it online here : <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certificat-air.gouv.fr\/fr\/demande\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.certificat-air.gouv.fr\/fr\/demande<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will cost you 3.11\u20ac + sending fees to receive it. Note that it may take about two weeks to be sent to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>What is Differentiated Traffic?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Differentiated traffic is a prefectoral measure installed during times of peaking air contamination. To avoid contamination to last too long and cause major health problems, the French administration may place one area under &#8220;differentiated traffic&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this case, only cars with a low Crit&#8217;Air Certificate (i.e. the cleanest cars) will be allowed to drive through the designated area. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21023\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/places-2569259_1920.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21023\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/places-2569259_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/places-2569259_1920.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/places-2569259_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/places-2569259_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/places-2569259_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/places-2569259_1920-816x544.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source : Pixabay.com CC0<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Where is differentiated traffic implemented?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Differentiated traffic may occur anywhere in the French territory since it is decided by local authorities, if need be. Usually, differentiated traffic is implemented in large cities and metropolitan areas. The most common ones to implement it are Â鶹APP and its close vicinity (within the circle formed by highway A86), the Lyon-Villeurbanne metropolis, Grenoble or Strasbourg. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, any place is allowed to decide on differentiated traffic. The decision is usually taken quite at the last minute (usually the day before ) so if you have got to hit the road, I can only recommend you check the main national and local news before going.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>What happens if I don&#8217;t respect differentiated traffic?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In times of differentiated traffic, police controls are more common and random. If you are driving with a forbidden vehicle in a differentiated traffic area, your chances of being arrested for it are higher than they normally would be. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fine for not respecting the regulation is 68\u20ac if you are driving a car, 135\u20ac if you are driving a truck or any heavy-weight vehicle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note that they may be adaptive measures to lighten up the rules. For instance, it is common that carpooling with more than three people in the car lifts the ban and allows you to drive in the differentiated traffic area irrespectively of your car rating. However, if you find yourself in this situation, you should check with the local authorities first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be careful: if differentiated traffic is implemented, it is your Crit&#8217;Air Certificate which vouches the quality of your car emissions. If you don&#8217;t have a tag on your windshield, you cannot drive in a differentiated traffic area.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Automacy of the measure<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In June 2019, the French Government announced that differentiated traffic would now become an automated measure in the Â鶹APP area when contamination levels reach a certain threshold.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>What are the measure of Differentiated Traffic during the June 2019 heat wave?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Temperatures have been skyrocketing in the end of June 2019 and are now reaching 42\u00b0C in some parts of Central France.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naturally, the differentiated traffic measure has been activated in Â鶹APP and close vicinity. It has also been activated in Lyon-Villeurbanne, Annecy and Strasbourg. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be careful as only cars with ratings 0, 1 and 2 are allowed in Â鶹APP and Lyon (this is the first time that rating 3 was excluded. As a result more than 60% of vehicles in the concerned areas cannot circulate during these days.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The measure should go on for a few days, at least until contamination levels and heat lowers down a bit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you need to go to Â鶹APP but that your vehicle is not allowed to drive, the RATP metropolitan public transport system issued a special metro ticket with a preferential fare. Don&#8217;t hesitate to use it, it is good for the planet!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"disco-2509882790\" class=\"disco-amazon-box-2024 disco-entity-placement\"><div style=\"width: 100%; border: 2px solid lightgray; padding: 3% 6% 3% 3%; border-radius: 5px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Planning a trip to Â鶹APP ? 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