He promised to contact the Minister of the Interior to change the highway code. Wednesday January 22, 2025, Emmanuel Macron responded favorably to the grievances of Internet users, fined for having used their phone to pay at a motorway toll.
In 2025, “we must be able to pay at the toll with our phone […] So I passed the file to the Minister of the Interior and we will collectively resolve this. Thanks for the alert! »declared the head of state in an online video on the social network TikTok. This video is presented as a response to the testimony of two influencers, recounting their misadventure with the police at a toll booth.
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-At the toll, a vehicle is not stopped
The highway code actually prohibits “the use of a telephone held in the hand by the driver of a vehicle in circulation”. However, a vehicle at the toll is not considered to be stationary, but in circulation on a motorway lane. This offense is punishable by a fixed fine of 135 euros and a withdrawal of three points from your driving license.
Hampered in his domestic action since his failed dissolution and the loss of majority in the Assembly, the head of state seems to have set himself the new role of relaying the concerns of the French to the government. On Wednesday, he supported the protest of athletes against the budget cut of the Ministry of Sports.
