There are six
major motorways into Paris:
North: the A1
connects Paris with Lille, Calais and Brussels.
East: the A4 connects Paris with Strasbourg, Metz and Nancy.
South and south east: the A6 connects Paris with Lyon, Marseille
and Nice.
South west: the A10 and the A11 connect Paris with
Brittany and southwestern France.
West: the A13 connects Paris with Normandy.
Foreign drivers
need to carry an international driving licence. Canadian and EU
citizens are exempt. It is compulsory to wear front and back seat
belts both in built-up areas and on the open road. The maximum speed
limit on motorways is 130 kilometres per hour (110 kilometres per
hour in rainy weather) and 90 kilometres per hour on other roads,
80 kilometres per hour on ring roads and 50 kilometres per hour
in built-up areas. Radio stations broadcast news on motorway driving
conditions, frequencies are shown on signs along the motorway. Traffic
peaks in the suburbs of Paris are between 7 and 10 a.m. and 5 and
8 p.m.
Useful
contacts and numbers:
Eurotunnel - Le Shuttle (France)
Phone: +331 47 42 50 00
Eurotunnel - Le Shuttle (Great Britain)
Phone: 990 35 35 35
Ile-de-France Regional Road Information Center
Phone: +331 48 99
33 33
National Road Information Center (voice service in French)
Phone:
+33 8 36 68 20 00
Paris-Galliéni international Coach Station
Phone: +33 1
49 72 51 51
Road
Conditions
Autoroutes (all
of France)
Phone: 08.36.68.10.77
Île-de-France/Centre
(Paris region)
Phone: 01.48.99.33.33
North
Phone: 03.20.47.33.33
East
Phone: 03.87.63.33.33
West
Phone: 02.99.32.33.33
Southwest
Phone: 05.56.96.33.33
Rhône-Alpes/Auvergne
Phone: 04.78.54.33.33
Mediterranean
region
Phone: 04.91.78.78.78
