No luck for the motorists who entered the A6 motorway this Friday at the end of the day: from 6.15 p.m., on the order of the prefect of Seine-et-Marne, twenty gendarmes from the departmental road safety squadron (EDSR ) were waiting for them at the Fleury-en-Bière tollgate.
They carried out checks to verify the good reasons of all those who were still driving after the time of the 6 p.m. curfew on this highway towards the province.
At the end of the day, the famous derogatory certificate.
At this time, the traffic is still dense with more than 400 km of traffic jams reported around Paris.
"This afternoon there were 2,500 vehicles per hour at this toll instead of the usual 1,300," said Commander Martinez, head of the EDSR.
Fleury-en-Bière, this Friday.
There were 2,500 vehicles per hour at the Fleury-en-Bière toll booth on the A6 instead of 1,300 in normal times.
LP / Sophie Bordier
"People are not fined for non-compliance with confinement because it does not start until Saturday at 0 am, but for non-compliance with the curfew," insists prefect Thierry Coudert.
"Be careful, this weekend, there will be checks on the priority axes because interregional travel will be prohibited," he warns.
“It would not be a good idea to export the pandemic to regions that are less affected.
People have to understand that they have to stay put.
The rule of 10 kilometers allowed around their home allows them to get out to breathe ”.
No more.
Concretely this Friday from 6:15 p.m., the flow of vehicles put aside for verbalization has practically not stopped.
Fleury-en-Bière, March 19.
Bad luck for this Calvados inhabitant leaving for the mountains.
He and his passenger get away with a fine of 135 euros for not respecting the curfew.
LP / Sophie Bordier
So this trio of Parisian friends left for Briançon (Hautes-Alpes).
“We plan to sleep in Auxerre before leaving tomorrow morning.
It's two hours from Paris.
We tried to respect the law.
We left Paris at 3 p.m.
But there were traffic jams!
It is 6.30 p.m. and we are there, 30 minutes from Auxerre!
», Explains Alexandre, 30, to the gendarmes.
But nothing helps: they are fined 135 euros each.
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A white car registered in the Val d'Oise parked just behind.
“It was blocked!” The driver repeats to the gendarmes.
"If you knew it, you had to leave before," replied the soldier.
Each of the five occupants of the vehicle gets away with a fine of 135 euros.
“Do they need to get the money back to pay for partial unemployment?
Asks the driver, half fig, half grape.
Fleury-en-Bière, March 19.
The driver of this Audi R8 car residing in Haute-Savoie, a business manager returning home, was able to escape the fine of 135 euros because he provided proof of his domicile there.
LP / Sophie Bordier
In the line of bad students then arrives a minivan registered in Calvados.
"We go to the mountains but we have reserved a room for the night in a hotel in Nemours", explains the driver.
The gendarme explains to him the non-compliance with the curfew, and the problem of confinement valid from Saturday at 0 am.
"It will be the same for your return ..." The driver thinks quickly.
“Well then we will bypass Ile-de-France.
We will do Clermont-Le Mans ... "
On another track, a policeman spends at least twenty minutes with the driver of a racing car registered in Haute-Savoie, an Audi R8 with the engine visible through the rear window.
Discussions last ... In the end, the man leaves, fined 90 euros for wrong address on his registration card.
According to the gendarme, “He was not fined for not respecting the curfew because he is a business leader who has a foothold in Paris but returns home to Haute-Savoie.
I saw his proof of address ”.