2023-07-29 00:08:57
A new drama that could lead to a new turn of the screw. While two people still lost their lives in a collision between a car whose driver was drunk and a bus, in the Yvelines, the government decided to crack down on this weekend of crossover holidays. ‘summer.
A few hours after the accident in the Yvelines, the government thus decided to strengthen controls this weekend, revealed BFM TV, citing a government source. Information of which Le Parisien was able to obtain confirmation this Friday evening. The authorities have set themselves the objective of increasing blood alcohol and narcotics controls on the roads compared to last summer.
However, the desire to strengthen controls does not date from the tragic bus accident on Friday. “We did 800,000 checks in 2022, we want to go to 1 million, assured, already, in May Élisabeth Borne. We want to be very present to dissuade this kind of behavior and undoubtedly reinforce the sanctions. Then, just ten days ago, at the end of an interministerial road safety committee, the Prime Minister announced a series of 38 measures aimed at increasing “driving safely and peacefully on the roads of France” . One of them, “making compulsory” the suspension of the license in the event of driving under the influence of narcotics, had particularly caught the attention.
Halve the number of accident victims
In addition to this desire to systematize the suspension of the license of a driver who has smoked cannabis or taken cocaine, there is a toughening of the sanction: immobilization, impoundment and compulsory confiscation of the vehicle in the event of cumulative consumption of a narcotics and alcohol. France has set an ambitious goal of halving the number of traffic accident victims over the 2021-2030 period.
According to the latest published data by road safety3,260 people died on the roads of mainland France in 2022, compared to 2,947 people in 2021.
A serious traffic accident involving a bus chartered by the SNCF and a car occurred this Friday morning in the Yvelines. Two passengers died and five were hospitalized in serious condition. The 23-year-old driver, who was driving in the wrong direction, had 2.04 g/l of alcohol in his blood.
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