In addition to the existing signs in the Highway Code, you'll now have to pay attention to the one linked to carpooling. Listed in the Journal Officiel since 2020, it has only just appeared on French roads, and can earn you a fine of 135 euros if you don't respect it. Blue with a white diamond, it symbolizes a lane reserved for carpooling, set up to encourage this mode of travel.
You'll soon be seeing them everywhere on the Paris ring road. The latter is to get a lane reserved for athletes during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which would be perpetuated thereafter for carpooling , cabs and buses. Two types of signage are planned, with varying degrees of severity. Either the lane is entirely dedicated to this mobility, or it is intermittently so, in which case the sign will light up to indicate this, or indicate specific times.
To avoid a fine, you'll need at least two people in a vehicle to use this lane. Carpool radars will also be installed to monitor compliance with this rule. These signs are part of the Citizens' Climate Convention, which aims to limit car-related pollution. Since the beginning of the year, a car-sharing subsidy of 100 euros has also been available.
A lane reserved for buses, cabs and carpools on the ring road? Parisians vote
This is the new public consultation to which Parisians can respond: for or against the introduction of a lane reserved for buses, cabs and carpools on the ring road. You can vote until May 28. [Read more]
A lane reserved for buses, cabs and carpools on the ring road? Parisians vote
