At Ligny-en-Barrois, in the Nancy-Paris direction, the speed is normally limited to 110 km/h. Recently, the fixed radar, located on the RN4, flashes motorists who exceed 70 km/h. The limitation would be, according to the Prefecture, justified by work on the portion. This was followed by the installation of a sign indicating this change, one day after the radar began to flash above 70 km/h.
Anger of motorists
A Meuse motorist fumes. Thursday May 2, while returning from work, set at 110 km/h on this portion of the N4, the driver was surprised by the flash of the device when he thought he had adopted the correct speed. “Apparently, there would be work, the sign indicating this was only installed the next morning, but it was already flashing the day before,” he sighs.
Aggrieved by the situation, he complained to the prefecture immediately, without success. “Neither the prefecture nor the gendarmerie have communicated on this subject,” he gets annoyed. Without a response, he took to social networks to share his misadventure. And other drivers, also used to using the N4, shared their testimonies on Facebook and more particularly via a page bringing together more than a thousand motorists from the Grand Est. Some Internet users, very upset, deny the existence of work and rail at the unfair flashes.
No fine
Questioned on the subject, the communications department of the Prefecture ensures that the portion is well marked due to work. However, he recognizes the inconsistency of flashing before installing the sign and indicates that “motorists flashed before installing the sign will not receive a fine”.
Motorists can rest assured, a press release was published on the website of the Prefect of Meuse regarding traffic conditions, specifying that “the fixed radar located at this location has now been operational since 12:30 p.m. this Friday”.
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