In Nantes
Created just two years ago, with two former police officers from Road Safety, the “rodeos cell” of the Waldeck-Rousseau central police station in Nantes is not idle.
In the basement parking lot, an officer is inspecting scooters that day, without license plates, looking for identification.
“Most often the two-wheeler does not belong to those who do the rodeos.
They are stolen and rotate so that everyone can "have fun" with "
, he emphasizes.
The typical profile of drivers?
Young boys of around 15 who drive this way before obtaining a driving license.
A phenomenon visible in the 15 priority districts of the city policy (QPV) of the Nantes metropolis, from Bellevue to the Sillon de Bretagne and, exceptionally, on the island of Nantes, in the city center.
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