As a reminder, in the event of rain or other precipitation, the Highway Code provides for lower speeds on certain traffic routes.
The maximum authorized speed thus increases to 110 m/h on the motorway, to 100 km/h on a dual carriageway separated by a central reservation.
However, even under these conditions, the speed remains at 80 km/h on two-way roads without a central separator and also remains unchanged in the city.
However, a speed reduction inevitably modifies the importance of the penalties incurred in terms of license suspension, fine or even loss of points.
The ticketed user must demonstrate by witness or in writing that the weather conditions were not those noted by the ticketing agent.
In particular, the user could justify the absence of rain by producing, for example, a rainfall measurement taken before the check by a meteorological station at the place of the offence.
However, to characterize the offence, the courts judge the offense established when the roadway is wet even in the absence of rain at the time of the control.
