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There were speed radars there before 2002! olivier 10:53, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)

"French people most often refer to the Paris Périphérique as "le Périph" (/perif/). France's anglophone community occasionally refers to it as the "Périfreak", attesting to the many accidents and thick traffic formerly associated with it. Permanent automatic speed radars have been set up on the Périphérique since 2002, and cases of excess speed driving as well as mortality have considerably decreased in the space of two years. Visitors who have not driven in Paris since 2002 are often surprised at the new driving behaviors on the Périphérique when they return to Paris."

Sounds POV. David.Monniaux 08:39, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Busiest road in Europe

Further to statement on the M25 talk page, can we be sure exactly what the 1.2 million vehicles per day refers to? Is it:

The total number of vehicles using a part of the road per day (or average per day taken over a longer period of days)
The total number of vehicles passing by a particular point on the busiest stretch per day (or average as above).

If it's the latter, then that equates to an average of nearly 2 cars per second per lane, 24 hours per day, probably much higher actual number at peak times. That's an awful lot, and difficult to believe that people actually drive like that. An average speed of 26mph reported in the article, would give a separation between cars of around 2-3 metres (8 feet) - somewhere in the region of half a car length. Less than 16mph, and cars must be pretty much in contact with each other to achieve that amount of flow.

Is the 1.2 million then measured by the 1st statement?

The M25's traffic figures are measured by the 2nd statement, usually giving a peak of around 250,000 vehicles per day on the section near Heathrow Airport. The overall number using part of the M25 will be much higher than that, because most people will be unwilling to use the entire M25 in one go, but instead will use only a part of it to connect to other roads - probably higher than 1.2 million per day - but it's difficult to find official figures to that effect.

Can we investigate this further before we make assumptions on which is the busier route? Richard B 11:22, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Black Prince

Someone inserted some time ago this text: "The notorious "Black Prince" achieved infamy through his illegal racing on the Paris Peripherique, the city’s 35 km (21 mile) ring-road. Averaging 190+ km/h (120+ mph) on his Kawasaki ZXR750 (more than twice the speed limit) with a camera strapped to the tank, the Frenchman’s stunt achieved a cult status in the biking world. Bootleg copies of his illegal ride have only ever been available before now. This is his death defying ride through morning traffic with barely room to spare - it will make even the hardest biker flinch."
It was deleted because it is too similar to a copyrighted text (http://www.grandprixlegends.com/BookVideoSite/pages/product/product.asp?prod=DM1589(GPL_BaseCatalog)&cookie%5Ftest=1), the info at the rear side of a video cassette.
However, I think this is an interesting detail. I'm no native speaker, is there anyone here who is able to write a better text so we can inculde this info again?