A decree of April 19, 2021 now sets out the modalities for prohibiting the rebroadcasting of any message likely to signal the presence of the police on radar or navigation warnings by geolocation.
From now on, when a roadside check involving the interception of vehicles is carried out and intended for operations linked to verifying the consumption of alcohol or narcotics while driving or to prevent the commission of certain crimes (terrorism, weapons, theft) and concealment, drug trafficking, attacks on the security of property) or to verify that the drivers or passengers are not the subject of searches, any operator of an electronic driving assistance service may be prohibited. or navigation by geolocation to rebroadcast by means of this service any message or any indication sent by users of this service when this rebroadcast is likely to allow other users to escape control.
From 2 to 12 hours of prohibition
This ban is taken by the prefect on a proposal from the police or directly by the Ministry of the Interior.
The duration of this prohibition may not exceed 2 hours if the roadside control concerns an operation of blood alcohol control or driving under narcotics and 12 hours for other operations.
The lanes or portions of lanes concerned may not extend beyond a radius of 10 kilometers around the road control point when the latter is located outside the built-up area and beyond 2 kilometers around the road control point when this one is located in agglomeration.
The ban does not concern, on motorways and national roads, the issuance of the following information:
a) temporarily slippery road;
b) animal, person, obstacle, debris on the road;
c) unsecured accident zone;
d) short-term road works;
e) reduced visibility;
f) driver in the wrong direction;
g) unmanaged obstruction of a road;
h) exceptional weather conditions.
This regulation does not cover information from groups and pages of social networks aimed at providing traffic information.