The new version of this popular app has been prohibited in France.
GPS and road applications are very practical to help us direct us, find our way when we have lost and calculate our travel time with precision. But they are also essential to warn us when we begin to exceed the authorized speed limit. Some motorists are also warned when they enter a radar area. Practical therefore to avoid fines.
The Waze application is precisely deploying a long -awaited update of its users, but it will not be accessible in France. It had to allow drivers to report, in real time, the position of mobile radars on iOS, Android, Android Auto and Carplay. Many countries will therefore be able to take advantage of this unprecedented functionality, except in France. And for good reason, decree n ° 2012-3 of January 3, 2012 formally prohibits “the detention, transport and use of devices to report the presence of radars”. Navigation applications are therefore part of it.
If you try to warn the community on an application such as Waze of the presence of a radar on the road, you therefore expose yourself to a fine of an amount of 1500 euros and a withdrawal of 6 points on your driving license.
Finally, the Waze application decided to withdraw this new feature. French motorists will always be able to trust the “danger zones” who will continue to appear on their screen.
