two jet ski pilots make an arm of honor as they pass a CRS aid station

Thursday July 22, the two pilots were moving too fast and too close to the beach

It is 3 p.m., this Thursday, July 22, when the CRS lifeguard swimmers from the Lagoon lifeguard station in La Teste-de-Buch saw two sea scooters heading towards Biscarrosse (Landes) from the Arcachon basin. . They find that they are obviously moving too fast and too close, since 100 meters from the edge of the beach and in the immediate vicinity of bathers moving in the bathing area. They decide to warn offenders using fog horns and whistles. The pilots ignore the warning and continue on their way.

They come back a few minutes later

A few minutes later, the two jet skis pass in the opposite direction. Always at a fast pace and close to the beach. Enough in any case so that the police officers placed on the watchtower see them clearly make a… arm of honor on their passage. Communicating with each other, the CRS warn their counterparts at the Petit Nice beach, still in La Teste. There, one of the two scooters is intercepted. Checked by officials on mountain bikes from the beach security police station (PPSP) as seasonal reinforcement on the Teste, the pilot, originally from Mérignac, was found carrying an American fist. He was arrested for carrying a prohibited weapon.

“These wild passages are unfortunately frequent upstream and in the southern pass between the Banc d’Arguin and the beaches of La Teste (Lagoon and Petit Nice)”, sighs Captain Pascal Gensous, officer in charge of the CRS lifeguard system for the Gironde, the Landes and the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. “These are totally disrespectful behaviors towards other users when the speed is limited to 5 nautical knots (a little less than 10 km / h) in the 300 meter band”.

“The two machines were fined for speeding in the 300-meter band”, concludes the captain. “The penalty incurred is six months in prison and a fine of 3,750 euros and a withdrawal of the boating license for a period of 15 days to 6 months. “

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