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Saturday, July 5, signs the first major weekend of departure on summer vacation. Bison Futé recorded 690 km of cumulative caps everywhere in France. The day was classified red in the direction of departures. And for the gendarmes, it means day of increased controls on the roads.
168 km/h instead of 130. First offense on the vacation road: excessive speed. The Swiss tourist contravening the distraction. “I thought I had five or seven extra kilometers, not as much”he said. Throughout the day, the gendarmes of the Landes multiply the controls, especially in the toll of a highway leading to Spain. In their viewfinder: speed, of course, but also the condition of the vehicle, and Saturday July 5, day of departure on vacation, the weight of luggage. A weighing that reveals some surprises.
In the event of an overload, a ban on hitting the road. A vacationer will have to lighten up to resume his way. The too much luggage will end up on the bucket. In four hours of control, the gendarmes have verbalized 16 overloaded vehicles. Amount of the offense: 135 euros. “It has an impact on the road behavior of the vehicle and on braking distances”, recalled Octave Cerezo, commander of the Landes road safety squadron.
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