French Autoroute Charges

Vaud accident leaves driver in critical condition; Valais man caught doing 224 kph

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A 36-year-old Frenchman is in critical condition in hospital following a car accident Friday morning at 08:30 on the Vallorbe-Croix cantonal highway, near the La Cula (RC 251a) crossroad. Vaud police say his car left the road for reasons that are not yet clear; the car hit a bank and ended in trees below the road. Emergency services cut him out of the car and he was taken by helicopter to the hospital.

Police say they have identified the driver of a car that was clocked at 224 kph on the A9 autoroute 9 June, following an investigation. The 21-year-old Valais man who lives in the region will likely face charges brought by the district attorney and he has been reported to the highway department services responsible for driver’s licenses.

He was caught going 224 kph on the A9 autoroute at Granges, going from Sion to Sierre, Thursday 9 June at 21:15, an area where the speed limit soon drops to 100 kph.

A65 : the autoroute de Gascogne, from Langon to Pau | France zone ...

Motorway aires are designed to provide a suitable environment for relaxing, refreshing and recovering during the long, hard journeys. As well as facilities of often dubious nature, picnic tables and seats, a telephone kiosk, there are often optional extras such as a play area or a display related to some local interest or event.

Only opened in December 2010, this self-financing and highly ecologic motorway joins the A62 at Langon with the A64 at Pau . This motorway pushes its way from the north through the Department of Les Landes, one of the most sparsely populated departments in France, with three times more hectares of forestry than people! Further south, just before Garlin, the motorway passes into Pyrenées-Atlantiques [see map on left].

As yet, the motorway still looks rather bleak and unfinished, all the plants and trees being only in their first year, and grass has yet to really take root.

are forlorn and the facilities filthy.

By placing the aires next to motorway exits, they become

So this seems a good opportunity to look the building

From the point of view of the constructors and the concessionaire, capacity of the A65.

You may leave the motorway at Bazas (if you have time

The N524/D932 is a quiet, pleasant and straight road. Tempête .

Not only will you have a chance to look around, but you

If, instead, you continue down the A65, you come to the Captieux : Aire du coeur d’Aquitaine