Yeah, seen the same Almar. I've been out and about a fair bit today. Looks like, where it's appropriate, the old 90kmh signs are being covered over with a same-sized sign that indicates 'end of 70' or whatever (basically a round sign with a 70 crossed through). This is telling you that the restriction is over and you return to the national speed limit, which from Sunday will be 80 on single carriageway roads without a central barrier. They seem to be leaving 90 signs in place where they precede a dual carriageway section. So it's becoming clearer. But wait until the cover-signs get nicked (quite fancy one meself...) or fall off.
Haven't seen a single 80 sign today. HUGE number of gendarmes on my local roundabout an hour ago - checking docs and breath by the look of it.
For a while we were behind someone practicing for Sunday by going precisely 80kmh on a straight wide dry clear stretch of shimmering rural tarmac. We had about 50 lorries up our arse...
All very different from the old days when a group of us used to bomb down to the Bol D'Or on sports bikes at a million miles an hour and scratch about like loons in the hills. Les Flics even used to put their thumbs up sometimes. France was basically a playground for hooning. Luckily nowadays I stick to crochet, poetry and pressing flowers...
