Automatic speed cameras do pschiiittt…

Everyone had observed it but a confidential report revealed by Le Parisien confirms it: due to the strong slowdowns they cause, some automatic radars increase the number of accidents at the location of their installation….

"A confidential report lifts part of the veil on the real impact of this tool to fight against road insecurity", indicates Le Parisien in its July 15 edition about automatic speed cameras…

The government’s new weapon against what must be seen as one of the greatest threats to all of humanity – speeding, you know! – just made "pschiiittt", according to the expression of President Jacques "fresh from the mouth" Chirac.

According to the confidential report "of 40 pages" revealed by Le Parisien – and confirmed by the Prefecture of Yvelines -, it turns out that "the two fixed cabins placed since November 1, 2003 along the A12 motorway are at the origin of the increase in the number of accidents on this axis "… Really nerd, for a tool supposed to solve all the problems of road safety in a flash !

At the same time, it suffices to drive anywhere in France to see the phenomenon: in front of an automatic radar, any driver tends to brake violently before resuming normal activity, causing "overcaps" well known to Ile-de-France residents..

"The study of the video tapes recorded on the A12 clearly shows the influence of radars on the conduct of motorists", relates a source responsible for safety issues on this section quoted by our colleagues from the Parisian: "at the approach of the first cabin, located at the exit of the Bois-d’Arcy tunnel, the recorded speeds oscillate between 130 and 140 km / h, or even more. Surprised by the radar, the drivers brake at the last moment or suddenly shift on the right lanes. Those who arrive behind cannot avoid the collision "… Unfortunate. Especially since a second copy of this beautiful "road safety tool" awaits just after, with exactly the same effects…

Too bad also the silence of Remy Heitz who, questioned by Moto-Net, unfortunately indicated that he had "no reaction" to make on this report. Let us hope that this admission from someone close to the file cited by Le Parisien does not spoil the well-deserved summer of the interministerial delegate for road safety: "at the time (…), the choice of location was This was done in a hurry. It was a matter of responding urgently to a strong political will to put these machines into service quickly. "…

"We have indeed observed a 30% increase in material accidents on the A12 since the installation of automatic radars", confirms for its part the Yvelines prefecture which attributes this increase "to the behavior of motorists, surprised by these cabins, and which suddenly brake ". Ultimately, the direction of control of the cabins (province-Paris) could be modified, finally believes Le Parisien decidedly very well informed.

As for the bad tongues who already imagine the possibility that this leak of "confidential report" was knowingly organized, for example to initiate the gradual abandonment of the signaling upstream of the radars – in the mode "since people brake in front and cause accidents, we must hide them better "-, we firmly invite them to return to the" peaceful driving camp "dear to Gilles de Robien while there is still time, by rereading the numerous declarations according to which he was not no question of trapping anyone with these automatic radars (read in particular our), but simply to meet the security requirements of Jacques "great national site" Chirac, before he is passed on his own ground by Nicolas "you m ‘put 500 more "Sarkozy…

Eric MICHEL

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