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Coronavirus: on deserted roads, drivers lose all measure

2020-04-06T17:06:35.447Z


Since the start of containment, the number of flashed vehicles has greatly decreased, but speed freaks sometimes exceed the authorized limit by 50km / h.


Roads like we've never seen them before. Since the beginning of containment, the axes of France have been empty. Whether it be highways or counties, traffic has evaporated. This unprecedented situation is taken advantage of by some who, taking these deserted routes for automobile circuits, offer themselves speed spikes. Pressing the accelerator has become a national sport for them.

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By means of the figures supplied by automatic radars, this reality translates into an incredible drop in flashed vehicles: a sea of ​​oil from which great speeding trips arise. Thus on motorways, the number of PVs sent to offenders has decreased by 25% and the fall, even more spectacular on the departmental roads, reaches 50%. On the nationals, the curve which is identical is however a little less marked. " And since March 18, which marks the beginning of the decline in traffic, it continues to fall, " says the magistrate Philippe Astruc who, wearing a double

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Source: lefigaro

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