About danger zones

The Danger Zones service warns you about danger zones on your route when you are in France.

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, speed camera locations are no longer reported but instead areas of danger are indicated as danger zones.

Important: Outside of 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.

A danger zone is a zone specified by French law. The Danger Zones service warns you about 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 300 m for roads in built-up areas, 2000 m (2 km) for secondary roads and 4000 m (4 km) 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.

Information about the location of zones is continually updated by TomTom and other users.

Note: You cannot remove a danger zone.

Note: Your new TomTom START comes pre-loaded with zone locations. To keep these zones up-to-date, connect your START to TomTom MyDrive frequently.