About fifty vehicles immobilized in Monaco on the sidelines of the Top Marques show
The Prince’s government had warned: no drift would be tolerated in the streets of the Principality, on the sidelines of the Top Marques show (June 8 to 12). To curb the phenomenon of sports car concentrations, the threat of five days of immobilization of vehicles had been brandished, Coupled with a vast prevention campaign.
GMK, automotive influencer with 2.6 million subscribers and ambassador of the event, had also warned its community of the risks incurred in the event of public order disturbances.
Thus, compared to the previous edition, the number of immobilizations has been reduced by half. In 2019, 101 racing cars were placed in the heart of an improvised pound at the foot of the dike. This year, 53 large cars were escorted by the bikers of the Public Security to the marquee of Fontvieille then forced to cut the engine for 120 hours.
“These are mainly offenses which concerned excessive speed and the fact of not having driven his vehicle with cautiondetails the main commander Fabien Vachetta, head of the Events and Living Environment Division of Public Security. To this second offense was added another: the noise reduced unnecessarily, corresponding to a fine of 300 euros.
“We have shown that we understand
field”
Nuisances on the asphalt concentrated on the Louis-II tunnel, the boulevard of the same name, the roundabout of the Portier, the avenue Princesse-Grace but also the rise of Spélugues and its hairpin Fairmont, where many carspotters watched for the arrival of powerful vehicles. “With the support of the urban police, the maritime police and the UPCV, the officers in blue vests on the electric bikes, we have shown that we include the terrain and that no misguidance or overflow would be tolerated.continues the officer, Fabien Vachetta. We maintained the device, sometimes, until 2:30. We only left when the streets were deserted. »