Motorcyclists from the departmental road safety squadron of the gendarmerie (EDSR) once again patrolled the roads this weekend of comings and goings, after the series of fatal accidents which cast a shadow over the summer in Dordogne. In two days, they noted around fifty serious offences.Among them, a 58-year-old woman, tested with 1.98 grams of alcohol in her blood on Saturday late afternoon.
The police spotted her at La Douze, on the D710 around 6 p.m. They signal to pull over because she’s driving with a loose wheel on her already very poor condition Clio. The woman continues on her way, as if nothing had happened, pretending not to see the police.
In the late afternoon
It took the military to activate the flashing lights and siren behind her for her to agree to pull over. Tested positive for alcohol, she was driving with almost four times the maximum authorized rateThey stopped his car and his license was suspended.
On the same road, in broad daylight on Saturday, the police fined Seven more drivers for drink drivingOver the weekend, they also punished drivers who tested positive for drugs, used phones while driving, and crossed continuous lines, which are particularly dangerous on the winding roads of Périgord.
