In Paris, only thirty

In the center of Paris, you will no longer depress the accelerator pedal, except for a few boulevards. Metropolitan Mayor Anne Hidalg is thus fulfilling one of her pre-election promises, which she agreed with the Allies on the part of the Greens.

The main argument for reducing speed is pedestrian safety - according to a study used by City Hall, the risk of a pedestrian dying in a collision with a car at a speed of 50 kilometers is 80 percent, but decreases to 10 percent when reduced to 30 km / h.