French Fume Over Speed Traps That Cut Hollande Budget Gap
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French drivers call it “la guirlande de noel” -- “the Christmas wreath” -- but it heralds anything but good tidings.
Near the town of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, on the Swiss border, there’s an automatic radar detector that emits a bright flash like a sparkling Christmas light each time it catches a speeder. And it nabs a lot of them: More than 250,000 in 2011 and 2012, according to French motoring magazine Auto-Plus.