Speed radars

Everyday, new speed traps are being set up in France... You think you are immune to them with your foreign car? Think again. The legislation is about to change, and anyway big speed offenses may put you into the hot spot. Why take the risk?

Built in the year 2004 and onwards, this network of around one thousand automatic speed cameras has achieved the desired goal : reduce average speed in France. With the consequence of less deaths on the roads, and more fines being delivered to french drivers. New and improved speed cameras are installed monthly, the current official limit being two thousand speed cameras in service.

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Upper Normandy (Haute Normandie, made of Eure and Seine-Maritime). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your visit of the beaches! Thanks to the guys from US/Canada/UK and others for paying us a helpful visit in 1944!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Rhône-Alpes (Ain, Ardèche, Drôme, Haute-Savoie, Isère, Loire, Rhône and Savoie). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your stay in Lyon, foodies paradise, or skiing down the Mont Blanc at Chamonix!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur (Alpes de Haute Provence, Alpes Maritimes, Bouches du Rhône, Hautes Alpes, Var and Vaucluse). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your stay in Nice, Cannes, Monaco or skiing in the Alps!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Poitou-Charentes (Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your stay in Oléron or La Rochelle!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Picardie (Aisne, Oise and Somme). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your stay in Le Touquet or driving through!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Paris and Ile de France area (Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-d'Oise, Val-de-Marne, Paris and Yvelines). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your stay in Paris Versailles or any such places!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Nord-Pas-de-Calais. See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your stay in Abbeville! More likely you are just driving through to go to the south!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Midi-Pyrénées (Ariège, Aveyron, Gers, Haute-Garonne, Haute-Pyrénées, Lot, Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your stay in Toulouse or skiing in the Pyrénées!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Lower (Basse) Normandy (Calvados, Manche and Orne). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your stay in Deauville or Mont Saint Michel!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Lorraine (Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meurthe, Moselle and Vosges). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your stay in this not well known corner of France.

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Pays-de-la-Loire (Loire Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe and Vendée). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your visit of all the châteaux de la Loire!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Limousin (Corrèze, Creuse and Haute-Vienne). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your stay in Limousin, which probably has more cows than humans!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Languedoc Roussillon (Aude, Gard, Hérault, Lozère and Pyrénées-Orientales). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your stay by the sea or the mountains of this beautiful area of France!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Reunion Island. See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Enjoy your holidays à la Réunion!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Martinique. See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Enjoy your holidays in Martinique! Food, beaches, volcano, nice people all around!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in French Guyana. See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Enjoy your stay in wonderfull, special, hot and humid, Guyana!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Guadeloupe. See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Enjoy Guadeloupe and its sandy beaches, volcano and food.

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Franche-Comté (Doubs, Haute-Saône, Jura and Belfort). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your stay and have a lot of cheese and saucisse!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Corsica. See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your stay in this paradise, beautiful Corsica!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Champagne-Ardenne (Ardennes, Aube, Haute-Marne and Marne). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you have a bubbly visit!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Center region (Cher, Eure-et-Loir, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher and Loiret). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your trip through this flat and mountainous area of the country!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Burgundy (Côte d'Or, Nièvre, Saône-et-Loire and Yonne). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your stay in this beautiful wine region!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Brittany (Côtes d'Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine and Morbihan). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your stay in Rennes or Mont Saint Michel!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Auvergne (Allier, Cantal, Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your stay in Clermont or Vichy La Bourboule!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Aquitaine (Dordogne, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne and Pyrénées Atlantique). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your stay in Bordeaux or Biarritz!

This is the list of all automatic speed cameras in Alsace (Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin). See below for a detailed map and explanations.

Hope you enjoy your stay in Alsace!

What is the technology behind speed cameras, how is the system implemented, how do radars work?

To perform their tricky job, speed cameras sometimes resort to camouflage... The pictures are telling. Should you have more recent pictures of hidden speed camera traps please forward them to us!