“But why fight against road insecurity? “, ironically wonder the Aisne police on their Facebook page. During the long weekend of Pentecost, the police have a habit of increasing road checks. Because this period is conducive to massive population movements and extended aperitifs at Aunt Jeannine’s, the gendarmes are on the job. But motorists too, pointing out the slightest blue polo shirt seen on the side of the road. Even more than Waze, it is the flashes of headlights that exasperate the military, and they did not hesitate to say so.
Who remembers this road safety communication campaign in which we could see a child abductor escaping the police after other motorists flashed their headlights on him? It is a reminder shot on this issue that the gendarmes of Aisne published on Facebook. “Do you know what this device is for? Delinquents love it, ”question the gendarmes about their portable speed radar. “It’s a powerful laser allowing the police to trigger the headlights of your cars remotely and over several kilometres, in both directions of traffic! “, they continue with humor.
“Accidents only happen to others”
Except that the humor stops there and, without repeating the dramatic codes of the Road Safety com campaign, they recall that “burglars, drug dealers, alcoholic drivers and/or under the influence of narcotics », Appreciate even more than the good father of a family to be warned in this way. A godsend that allows them to “avoid checkpoints”, with all the risks that this entails for other users.
“But why fight against road insecurity”, they add, since “accidents only happen to others”. A rant that comes just over a week after three police officers were killed in Villeneuve-d’Ascq by an alcoholic driver. A drama which, obviously, was not enough to change behavior. Having fallen into disuse with the appearance of mobile applications like Waze, this “tradition” of flashing lights could regain strength if the anti-reporting bill were to come into force. Also called ” harry potter system “, this law plans to prevent the reporting of checks by the police and, therefore, to disappear from these applications.