The sound of the impact and the damage to the car is terrifying.
A crash-test dummy, weighing about fifty kilos, is thrown into the air and falls disjointed several meters from the vehicle.
We have just attended a simulated road accident in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, organized by the insurer MMA.
A pedestrian, a scooter rider and a biofidel cyclist have been "sacrificed" for a demonstration that is cold in the back.
In September, the number of bicycle fatalities on the road set a sad record.
37 people lost their lives in France on a bicycle, unheard of for 10 years.
And a new seasonal element could come to increase the number of deaths of cyclists on the road.
The arrival of winter time alerts the insurer, from this weekend our trips will be mainly nocturnal during trips home to work.
“Without retro-reflective equipment, a pedestrian or cyclist is visible only 30m away,” she explains.
While this distance is increased to 150 m when you are well equipped, ”explains Cécile Lechère, who deals with road risks at the MMA.
A vehicle launched at 50 km / h takes at least… 26 m to stop.