Tires screeching and engines roaring. There was a large gathering of cars in the Ikea parking lot in Hognoul this Saturday, June 29. According to the mayor of Awans and the police who quickly intervened on the scene, nearly 2,000 cars had gathered illegally to do drifting or “doughnuts”. A practice which consists of accelerating and then squealing the tires while making a circle on the ground.
In images from the social network Snapchat, we see cars speeding surrounded by a large number of people. It is important to point out that this practice is very dangerous.
“More than 2,000 cars, mainly from Germany, were gathered in the parking lot. Fortunately, our police were able to intervene quickly and in large numbers, they were present as part of the festival United Holi Colorz has Grace-Hollogne. The cars were evacuated quickly and efficiently by our police. There were therefore some inconveniences at the Awans motorway exit.explains Mayor Thibaud Smolders on his Facebook account.
Also inconveniences on the Verviers side
According to several sources, it also seems that these “ace drivers” then planned to meet in the parking lot of the Crescend’Eau shopping center in Verviers.
To avoid such a gathering, the police closed all motorway exits at the end of the evening between Verviers and Theux. A situation that did not fail to attract the attention of motorists who simply wanted to return home, as evidenced by the many comments left on the region’s Facebook groups. “Huge traffic jams at the Theux exit, in the Verviers-Spa direction, can we read in particular. The police closed the exit right behind me. And there, we don’t know what’s going on. It doesn’t move a bit.”
