SPEED LIMITS

Most bikes with digital speedos will let you switch the display from mph to kph. If you have an analogue speedo, you might want to put small stickers to show the main limits (see below). The other alternative is to use a sat nav to display current speed in kph. There may be lower posted limits, such as 20kph (12mph) near schools or some town centres, but the main ones are below.

You won’t see signs for the 50kph urban limits. Instead, every French town or village has a sign at the boundary, with the town or village name in black lettering on a white background with a red border. The 50kph zone starts exactly at that sign, and remains in force (unless signposted otherwise) until you see the same sign with a diagonal black line though it on your way out the other side.