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Demonstration causes traffic jam on A75 in Hérault, prompting drivers to use hard shoulder for overtaking

The facts date back to Tuesday March 15 in the middle of the afternoon.

Without tolls, the A75 and A750 motorways do not facilitate police checks. A reality well known to unscrupulous people wishing to travel incognito. But this Wednesday, March 15, in the middle of the afternoon, the demonstration against the pension reform and came to disrupt the plans of some.

The A75 motorway, blocked by demonstrators at the Clermont-l’Hérault interchange, motorists were forced to circumvent the dam by the ramps and the nearby roundabouts, creating a traffic jam for several kilometers. Cap that some, in a hurry, did not hesitate to go up dangerously on the right by taking the hard shoulder.

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Faced with the phenomenon, the gendarmes of the motorcycle platoon of Clermont-l’Hérault, informed, set up a control upstream of the difficulty with an interception facilitated in front of their barracks.

Many offenders have been fined. And among them, the occupants of a vehicle subject to a search file, who thought they were traveling in total freedom.

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