50 cars and 150 fines on Saturday evening
The fight against urban rodeos intensifies on weekends for law enforcement. Last illustration to date, the evening of Saturday August 13. Proof of well-sharpened antennae, it was on the basis of information that the gendarmes were able to nip in the bud a gathering of modified cars planned for a parking lot in the activity zone in Annecy-le-Vieux.
By quickly crisscrossing the sector, the soldiers repelled the desires of the drivers.
Change of plan, unsurprisingly, it was in the Grand Épagny trading area that the drivers in search of fresh tarmac finally headed an hour later. Fans of wild drifting and brutal, smoke-filled accelerations have their habits in the covered surface car park of a fresh food store.
270 people checked
The gendarmes had maintained their vigilance and took over the premises in turn, around 10 p.m. Saturday evening. A major control operation was carried out until 1 a.m. on Sunday. The presence of about fifty vehicles was noted. Nearly 270 people were checked and made aware of the ban on motorized gatherings. The gendarmes drew up 150 verbalizations.