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Automobile. Phone at the Wheel: the Temporary Suspension of the Permit Now Generalized

For use of the telephone behind the wheel, the fine and the withdrawal of three points from the driver's licence remain. The temporary suspension of the licence was tested in several departments so far.

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The temporary suspension of the driver's license for those who are beaten using the mobile phone at the wheel will come true all over France. AFP (via RFI) – We want to show that the use of the mobile phone at the wheel, by itself, is already a sufficiently dangerous behavior. The target are just the common drivers – said Minister Marie-Pierre Vedrenne in an interview published on Friday (2) in the newspaper Le Figaro. –It is possible to cause …

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The Deputy Minister responsible for Citizenship announced in "Le Figaro" that this measure, already applied in some departments, would now be extended to the whole of France.

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The sanction has so far been effective only in some 20 departments and is now in force throughout France.

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For use of the telephone behind the wheel, the fine and the withdrawal of three points from the driver's licence remain. The temporary suspension of the licence was tested in several departments so far.

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The driver's licence will be temporarily suspended in the event of the use of the telephone behind the wheel, the Minister responsible for Citizenship announced. This is a generalisation of the system already in force in some 20 prefectures. - The temporary suspension of the driver's licence in the event of a generalised driving telephone throughout France (Company topics).

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The duration of this suspension of the permit will be decided by the prefecture and may be up to six months. The withdrawal of points and the fines remain in force.

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Le Figaro broke the news in Paris, France on Friday, October 2, 2026.
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