Let him who has never interfile speak now or forever hold his peace! Tolerated in eleven departments since February 1, 2016 for an experimental phase, but still prohibited in the rest of France, the practice of interlining will become illegal again from next Monday. With 3 points and a €135 fine for those who risk it.
This practice of moving between lines of cars has become commonplace in large cities, especially during rush hours. However, we tend to forget that it is prohibited by the Highway Code, and has only been tolerated for 5 years in eleven departments (8 in Île de France and those of Bouches-du-Rhône, Gironde and Rhône) in order to organize “peaceful sharing of the road, respectful of all users, and to supervise and secure a practice widely used among drivers of motorized two-wheelers. »
Unfortunately, the results are mixed. The accident results seem to indicate a trend towards a slight increase in injury accidents linked to inter-lane traffic, of the order of 12% while it fell by 10% on the other roads of the departments concerned.
After a 5-year experimental phase, it ends at the end of January. It will therefore cost you three points and a €135 fine if you are caught driving between cars in the regions which were until now affected by this full-scale test.
According to Le Parisien, this Wednesday noon, the interministerial delegate for road safety, Marie Gautier-Melleray, indicated to representatives of the FFMC that a new test would be launched soon. “We had three possible choices. We give up because it is not a good idea, we generalize or we try to relaunch a new experiment in different conditions and by improving communication on this measure to make users better understand the good rules of safe inter-line traffic. , she declared.
It is therefore the third option that was chosen. “There is no need to panic,” puts an FFMC spokesperson into perspective. We had a meeting this Wednesday morning with the interministerial delegate for road safety who promised us that there would be a broader experiment. It would be inappropriate to give PVs in the meantime. »
