For the Diro, enough is enough. Wednesday afternoon, a traffic accident occurred on the RN137, near the town of Grand-Fougeray in Ille-et-Vilaine. A vehicle struck a luminous arrow of the Interdepartmental Directorate of Western Roads.
Fortunately, there were no injuries in the collision. But this new accident, the ninth involving a vehicle from the DIR Ouest since the beginning of the year, has caused state services to jump. “Officers were less than a kilometer away when the accident occurred. Too many accidents on interventions, that’s enough! “, indignantly the West DIR on his Facebook page.
Lack of attention from some drivers
A year ago, the state services had already sounded the alarm after a resurgence of accidents involving its agents. The behavior of some drivers was singled out. “Accidents on our intervention vehicles are often linked to the lack of attention, the use of mobile phones or excessive speed on the part of the drivers”, indicated the DIR Ouest at the time.
She took the opportunity to recall the safety instructions near a construction site or a vehicle in intervention: “slow down, increase the safety distances and if possible change lanes or move away from the intervention zone as much as possible” .