The gendarmes of Loir-et-Cher hunt for rodeos

The beautiful days are back and promote the practice of motorized rodeos. The gendarmes of the Pezou brigade have just seized a 50 cm motorcycle³ Following a resident call from the town of Morée. The machine was placed in a pound. If its owner does not manifest, the bike will be destroyed. On its Facebook page, the departmental gendarmerie is launching a warning to “Two-wheeled aerobatic lovers”. She recalls that circulating by making maneuvers and dangerous figures (acrobatics, zigzags, borrowing sidewalks, etc.) on sometimes unknotted machines is a source of “Many nuisances and insecurity”.

“Know that this practice is an offense. In other words, the sentence incurred could go up to 5 years in prison and € 75,000 fine “, specifies the prevention message. The penal code provides for additional sanctions such as the confiscation of the vehicle used to commit the wild rodeo; the suspension of the driving license for three years or its cancellation with prohibition to iron it for three years at most; a work penalty of general interest; the prohibition to drive certain vehicles for a maximum of five years; The obligation to accomplish, at the cost of the driver, a raising internship for road safety.