About danger zones

Since 3rd January 2012, it has been illegal to receive warnings about the position of fixed or mobile speed cameras when you are driving in France. To be compliant with this change in French law, all types of speed camera locations are no longer reported but instead, areas of danger are indicated as zones.

In France, TomTom terminated the Speed Cameras service and introduced a new service called TomTom Danger Zones.

Danger zones may or may not contain one or more speed cameras or a range of other driving hazards:

• Specific locations are not available and a danger zone icon is shown instead as you approach the zone.
• The minimum length of the zone depends on the road type and is 300m for roads in built-up areas, 2000m (2km) for secondary roads or 4000m (4km) for motorways.
• The location of one or more speed cameras, if any, can be at any point within the zone.
• If two danger zones are close to each other, the warnings can be merged into a single longer zone.

Important: Outside France, you receive warnings about speed cameras. Inside France, you receive warnings about danger zones. When you cross the border, the type of warning you receive changes.