The European Unionfor a few years now, has been trying to unify road safety regulations in all its member countries: from the traffic rules even the penalties for breaking the Law or the different signs that can be seen on the roads of the old continent, among others. In Spain, some of these modifications They are already a reality.
On the other hand, the European institution, if everything goes as planned, is finalizing the arrival of a digital driving license valid for all countries belonging to the EU, and which will take its first steps in next year 2025.
What other measures does the EU want to implement?
As we have indicated above, the unification of some of the signals most common is another of the measures that the European Union facing the coming years, as may be the case of those related to electrification or new mobility methods.
France is one of the large European countries that has achieved a certain advantage over others. What’s more, Spain followed its model for the creation of new measures, such as the points-based driving license or the different modifications that are going to occur in the coming months in the motorcycle license.
What is the new sign?
The French country also has a signal diamond shaped (painted in a vertical position) and has been in operation for approximately a year. Of course, since 2020 it has been in the testing process. However, the General Directorate of Traffic has put the focus on this flagship and, barring any surprises, it could reach the roads of the Iberian territory sooner rather than later.
What mission does it have?
This sign refers to shared use lanes, that is, those we know in Spain as HOV lanes. In France, the authorities allow cars occupied by more than one person to circulate on them and electric vehicles with ZERO rating.
Paris and Nimes are some of the French cities that already have this new measure, and that also have a large number of thermal cameras to control that these vehicles exhaustively comply with the regulations in force in the French territory.
Likewise, the General Directorate of Traffic in France recommends that all users inform themselves about the schedules and know how they work really these types of lanes to avoid unnecessary penalties and, above all, endanger the rest of the drivers who circulate on this specific road.