For this New Year's Eve night, fifteen gendarmes were mobilized in Roannais for road checks. Two checkpoints were set up between midnight and 4 a.m.: one on the ring road between the Marclet and Mirandole roundabouts, on the border of the communes of Roanne, Riorges and Villerest, and a second at the roundabout. point of the Cabaret de l'Âne in Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne. The vast majority of motorists were respectful of the rules of the highway code.
180 motorists checked
Out of 180 motorists checked, only two were positive for alcohol with levels recorded of 0.40 and 0.65 milligrams of alcohol per liter of exhaled air and one was positive for narcotics. With the margin of error applied, only the motorist with the highest rate had his driving license revoked. This is also the case for drivers under drugs.
Note that a motorist also had his driving license revoked following a road accident that occurred in Lentigny at 8:30 p.m. Author of a refusal of priority, an 84-year-old driver from Villemontais had a blood alcohol level of 0.45 milligrams of alcohol per liter of exhaled air.
