The gendarmes of Eure-et-Loir carried out several road safety checks this week. Faced with an increase in serious or fatal accidents, the prefecture has indeed requested a strengthening of the presence of gendarmes on the roads of the department.
After Dreux on Wednesday July 28, checks were also carried out around Nogent-le-Rotrou on Thursday, then in Dunois on Friday.
The gendarmes of the company of Dreux open a series of road checks throughout the department
Françoise Souliman, prefect of Eure-et-Loir, moved to Poisvilliers, this Saturday, July 31, where an operation was being carried out on the N154, in the presence of Lieutenant-Colonel Gabriel Lothe, second in command of the gendarmerie group of ‘Eure-et-Loir.
Road safety control of the gendarmerie with Françoise Souliman, prefect of Eure-et-Loir.
During this operation, a young driver in his twenties, holding a driving license for less than 3 years, who was traveling on the N154 towards Chartres, was notably checked at 188 km / h instead of His license was withdrawn and the car, a Peugeot 208, confiscated.
“Infractions which lead to fatal accidents”
An operation was also carried out in Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien, on the RD19, this Saturday. A young driver with less than a year of driving license was checked at 163 km / h instead of 80 behind the wheel of his Kia Rio. He too had his license withdrawn.
Ten speeding violations noted by the gendarmes on the D 924 in Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières
Lieutenant-Colonel Gabriel Lothe indicates: “This is the fourth day when we carry out checks. We observe dangerous behavior with continuous line overruns, refusal of priority … Typically offenses which lead to fatal accidents. There is a looseness. “
Françoise Souliman emphasizes: “We have had catastrophic figures for three months in the department. We count twenty-two accidents and two deaths just last week. Bad behavior must be corrected. These controls are therefore reinforced and will continue during the month of August. “
Simon Dechet
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