While the monthly road safety reports deplore an increase in the number of deaths and injuries on the roads, controls are increasing. In the space of the last weekend, no less than eleven drivers were intercepted in excessive speed, that is to say excesses exceeding 40 km / h compared to the maximum authorized speed. With an immediate retention of their license for sanction, as well as the withdrawal of four to six points, or even an immobilization of their car.
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Friday July 22, shortly after 5 p.m., it was a 27-year-old driver from Ruy-Montceau who paid the price: driving his Renault Clio RS, he was checked at 139 km/h instead of 90 on the RD 1006 in L’Isle-d’Abeau. The speed of 132 km / h was retained against him. The next day, Saturday July 23, towards the RD 75, limited to 80 km/h, in Pont-Eveque for the gendarmes of the motorized platoon of La Verpillière. At 7:30 a.m., a Volkswagen Golf was stopped at 150 km/h. The speed of 142 km/h was notified to its driver, a 24-year-old young man from Septème. Then at 8:20 a.m., a Renault Captur, driven by a 41-year-old Viennese, was checked at 131 km / h (124 km / h retained).
In the afternoon, it’s on the RD 517, in Dizimieu, that a check has been carried out. At 4 p.m., a Mercedes Class A, driven by a forty-year-old from Avenières-Veyrins-Thuellin, was checked at 128 km / h (121 km / h retained). Half an hour later, a Peugeot 308, driven by a 79-year-old Morestellois, which was intercepted at 129 km / h (122 km / h retained). Finally, a BMW M3 was stopped at 150 km/h. The speed of 142 km/h, an excess of 62 km/h, was notified to its driver, a 32-year-old man from Saint-Savin.
Finally, on Sunday July 24, five drivers had their licenses suspended in the space of half an hour, on the RD 517 in Janneyrias, road limited to 90 km/h. A Peugeot 208, driven by a 21-year-old young man from Chavanoz, holder of a probationary license, was stopped at 148 km/h (140 km/h retained). Then an Audi Q5, driven by a forty-year-old from Mions, at 163 km/h (154 km/h retained). Either the “record” of the afternoon, with an excess of 64 km / h. Followed a Citroën C5, driven by a 30-year-old from Saint-Priest and holder of the probationary license, at 141 km / h (133 km / h retained), as well as a Cupra Formentor, driven by a 29-year-old man from Irigny , at 147 km/h (139 km/h retained). Finally, an Audi A4 station wagon was stopped at 160 km/h. Its driver, a 28-year-old man from Leyrieu, was told a speed of 152 km / h, an excess of 52 km / h.
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