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Traffic is very heavy on the roads on Saturday July 30. Karen Cassuto takes stock of the A7 motorway, near Orange (Vaucluse)a very busy axis usually.
Saturday, July 30, many motorists hit the road. Traffic jams are substantial and holidaymakers will have to be patient to reach their destination. “Behindme, already a lot of traffic jams as you can see. In total, this morning, we have already counted 800 kilometers of accumulated traffic jams in France. To travel between Orange (Vaucluse) and Lyon (Rhône)it takes 4 hours 30 against 1 hour 30 in normal times“, reveals Karen Cassuto.
Many people on the roads, but it is in the Rhone Valley that motorists are most numerous. “The Rhône Valley is therefore particularly affected by these traffic jams. Travel time should be doubled everywhere in France“, says the journalist. However, users have chosen to leave early in the morning so as not to be confronted with these long kilometers of traffic jams. “It is therefore necessary to leave from 5 p.m. to avoid traffic jams or even better from Monday“, reports Karen Cassuto. Faced with the high risk of fires, motorists should not throw cigarette butts on the road.
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