The Sanef group presented on Tuesday June 20 its annual study on road behavior on the motorway. A study carried out at the end of March 2023 on a section of the A13 motorway consisting of three lanes. If there is one fact that cannot be ignored, it is the danger of speeding and the consequences they cause. However, the results of the study carried out by the Sanef Observatory have just confirmed that the situation is not improving: “Speed remains at its highest level since the creation of the Sanef Observatory behavior on the highway“.
In fact, according to the results of the survey, more than 42% of cars exceed the authorized speed speed of 130 km/h on the motorway in 2023 compared to 38% in 2018. A significant increase which places the average speed in the left lane over 137 km/h. A figure that becomes maddening for 3% of French drivers since it exceeds 150 km/h. The proportion of drivers exceeding speed limits increases at night on weekdays to go to 51% against 42% during the day. Bad behavior to which is added that of the traffic in the middle lane. One in three vehicles does not deviate into the right lane when it is free on weekdays and one in two vehicles behaves the same way on weekends.
Improved safety distances
Fortunately, one piece of data remains positive in the study, theimproved safety distances between cars. A figure that fell by 7% between 2022 and 2023, yet it is still 22% of motorists who exceed this obligation.
For almosta quarter of motorists, flashing remains an option. Indeed, 28% of them do not report a vehicle overtaking and 39% as for them do not warn when falling back. Behaviors that remain fatally dangerous on the roads in France when we know that the year 2022 has seen a very sharp increase in mortality on the motorway.