For Bison futé, France was orange in the direction of departures this Friday, December 20. And Île-de-France was red. So in the Oise, the prefecture wanted to show off the muscles when it came to road safety. At the end of the afternoon an important device of controls took place around Beauvais. 81 police officers and gendarmes were spread over 15 posts scattered all around the city.
Around 5 p.m., while the peripheral roads were very busy, like every day in Beauvais, the first checks took place. Under the grateful eye of prefect Jean-Marie Caillaud. “Our goal is to save liveshe insists. […] The idea is not to annoy people, it is: how we try to raise awareness to avoid accidents, sometimes fatal.»
A refusal to comply and 81 infractions
Very quickly, a first incident was reported on the walkie-talkies. A white Twingo did not stop at a checkpoint manned by the police. Fortunately without causing any damage. Thomas Lallemand, second in command of the Beauvais gendarmerie company, puts it into perspective, “refusals to comply, in the department we often have them“. This does not prevent the active search for the motorist who forced the control.
In three hours, police officers and gendarmes checked 670 vehicles (or 697 people). And 81 offenses were noted, according to figures from the prefecture. Including 16 lights, 1 smooth tire, 4 insurance defects, 10 technical inspections, 2 stop signs, 4 driving license defects, 1 driving despite cancellation of driving license, 1 non-mutation of registration document, 11 non-approved plates, 1 excessive speed, 1 driving under the influence of narcotics and 3 use of narcotics.
In total, 26 vehicles were immobilized. And four driving licenses are subject to administrative deduction.
