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Return of Ascension weekend: can we drive after curfew?

2021-05-16T09:21:48.342Z


Charged on the outward journey, the French roads will also be charged on the return. At the risk, for motorists, of not being at home before 7 p.m.


Wednesday and Thursday were marked by many traffic jams in the direction of resorts, and in particular the coast.

It should therefore be the same Sunday, May 15, in the direction of the returns ... With the risk that the journey will extend beyond the curfew of 19 hours.

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Others might even want to hit the road in the evening or at night, as is often done in normal times, to avoid the bulk of the traffic.

The police will they show more fluid that day, or should we seriously fear a fine for non-compliance with sanitary measures?

"

No specific exemption has been announced

" for this period, slice the Paris Police Prefecture, contacted by

Le Figaro.

Technically anyone outside after the curfew without proof runs the risk of receiving a fourth class fine of 135 euros,

” she continues.

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A plane or train ticket is worth an exemption

It will therefore be necessary to be wary.

Bison Futé already announces a very difficult circulation everywhere in France in the direction of the returns.

A traffic jam can in no way be used as a reason for derogation, as the spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior, Camille Chaize, at the microphone of Europe 1, during the February holidays recalled: "

we have to organize a slightly differently, take precautions, especially if you have a long way to go.

"

Unlike the car, a train ticket or a plane ticket has the value of an exemption.

In this case, the person must nevertheless complete a non-conforming travel certificate and check the box “

Travel related to transfers or transits from stations or airports as part of long-distance travel

”.


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On the way out, the busiest axes were those between Paris and Normandy or Brittany, but also towards the Center-Val-de-Loire region, between Lyon or Toulouse and the Mediterranean, between Lille and the beaches of the North , between Bordeaux and the Aquitaine or Charente coast.

Traffic from Paris and Lyon was particularly disrupted.

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Source: lefigaro

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