The proposed abolition of fines for speeding tickets is debated…
Barely filed, already castigated: the bill by Senator Alain Fouche (LR) to remove fines for speeding less than 10 km / h is attracting – no surprise! – the wrath of road safety and the League against road violence, while the association …
Barely filed, already castigated: the bill by Senator Alain Fouche (LR) to remove fines for speeding less than 10 km / h is attracting – no surprise! – the wrath of Road Safety and the League against road violence, while the association 40 million motorists supports the project of the elected representative of Vienne.
71% of flashes concern excesses between 1 and 10 km / h
"71% of drivers are flashed for speeding between 1 and 10 km / h", affirms Alain Fouche: "I am elected departmental and I receive a lot of people who feel harassed and who consider that the State is using more radars like piggy banks ".
In an attempt to put an end to this situation denounced by almost all French drivers (who has never railed against the PV received for exceeding the authorized speed by 1 km / h?), The senator tabled this morning a bill advocating the removal of the fine for speeding below 10 km / h. The offense would then only be penalized by the withdrawal of a point on the driving license.
For the record, at the present time, a speeding violation of less than 20 km / h in an area where the limitation is more than 50 km / h is subject to a fixed fine of 68 euros (reduced to 45 euros if paid under 15 days) and the removal of a point on the license. If the speed is limited to 50 km / h or less, the fine is 135 euros (90 euros if paid within 15 days).
Less fines = less cash flow = state blockade
"Each year, nearly 800 million euros go into the state coffers thanks to the repression of speeding tickets", recalls Daniel Quero, president of the 40 million motorists association which actively supports the proposal by Alain Fouche via a .
"90% of these offenses are in fact constituted by speeding less than 20 km / h, that is to say, in the majority of cases, involuntary speeding. This excessive repression did not make that provoke the rejection of the entire system by the French, who now speak of "money pumps" or "piggy banks" to designate radars. The State maintains that radars are a matter of safety and not of profitability … So he proves it, by removing the fine for speeding tickets! "
Despite its sensible nature, this proposed measure immediately drew the wrath of Road Safety, which RTL said that "those who make these proposals play with the lives of others". Just that !
According to the spokesperson for the government body, Alain Fouche’s proposal would encourage a certain form of laxity on the part of drivers and would lead to "an increase in road violence: there would be more speeding, because it would be less repressed ", believes Mr. Barbe who refutes the term" little speeding "by affirming" that between 56 and 50 km / h, you increased your risk of accident by 25% "…
"My bill is in no way lax because it does not concern drivers or major traffic offenses," retorts Alain Fouche, who must also wipe the fire of criticism from the very vindictive and over-mediated League against road violence.
A "mind-blowing" bill according to the League against road violence
"In 46% of fatal accidents, the maximum authorized speed was exceeded by less than 20 km / h", assures the president of this association, Chantal Perrichon, deeming "incredible to make this proposal in the current context, with the number of road deaths which is increasing for the second year in a row, which has not happened for 35 years! "
"The carriers of this text are in a denial of reality and are simply looking for a little notoriety," said Ms. Perrichon who, like Emmanuel Barbe, completely conceals the fact that the bill does not include the removal of the point withdrawal. Now, which driver would play today with impunity with his precious capital of 12 points? ?
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