Despite an unprecedented drop in deaths on our roads in April, of the order of a hundred according to our information, the Road Safety services are particularly worried. This historic result linked to the drop in traffic during confinement is indeed accompanied by a worrying phenomenon. From the start of this period, started in mid-March when everyone is at home, those who were still on the move drove faster. A trend that was confirmed in April: big speeding tickets literally took off.
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According to figures revealed by Le Figaro , very large exceedances of more than 50 km / h jumped 35.8% between March 17, the start of confinement, and last May 3. 11,300 against 8,300 in the same period of 2019. The other speeding limits between 40 and 50 km / h also increased with an increase of 13.6%: 17,300 against 15,600.
With the return of major speeding tickets, we have witnessed accidents that we were no longer used to seeing
David Julliard, Assistant to the Delegate for Road SafetyIf the dramatic drop in traffic has therefore been an opportunity for some to engage in these speed spikes, other explanations could
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