Unlike many French cities, the French capital city has no stop sign. No need to roam around the streets of Paris to find one, the city has them all removed in 2016. Instead, there are plenty of traffic lights regulating the traffic. No risk to get a €135 fine and 4 points removed from your driver’s licenses if you forgot to stop!
Appeared in 1955 in the French roads, the stop signs are part of car-drivers’ habits and part of the rules of the road. In 2012, the Paris Police Prefecture says in a letter than there is only one sign in Paris, that will stay for an extra four years, until 2016. Set in the 16th arrondissement, Quai Saint-Exupéry, the sign was stolen lots of times because of its fame. The City of Paris eventually found it more pertinent to stop replacing it.
The Police prefecture also said they will remove these signs to make intervention “from secondary ways” smoother and avoid penalizing residents. Yield to the right remains the general rules, like in traffic circles.
