For many French people, the car remains essential. However, the surge in fuel prices, tolls, repairs, etc.
place them in a delicate situation. “The economy of resourcefulness” is no longer enough to cope, warns Jérôme Fourquet, director of the opinion department of the French Institute of Public Opinion (Ifop) And to warn of the risk of social fire. In peri-urban areas and the countryside, it is difficult to do without the car.