“It is up to the public authorities and professionals to ensure” that the regulations “are well respected”, considers the mayor of Lyon
“There are regulations, it is up to the public authorities and professionals to ensure that they are respected”, declared Wednesday August 24 on franceinfo Grégory Doucet, Europe Ecology-Les Verts mayor of Lyon, after the scooter accident which corrected the death of two teenagers. The paramedic in question, known for multiple offenses and having a probationary license, was placed in police custody.
franceinfo: You announced that the investigation could take new measures. What are they ?
Gregory Doucet: We are eagerly awaiting the results of the investigation. We know that the young people were on electric scooters, that they were traveling on the bus lane which is also a cycle lane. The ambulance was traveling on a lane on which it had the right to circle. The young people were hit from behind, so we need to be able to fully understand how the accident turned out to see if there are specific measures that could be taken to avoid this kind of accident in the future. misfortune . The paramedic’s conduct will be analyzed and we will most certainly be seeing what can be done. We have already transmitted the images taken by the cameras to the justice system so that the investigation can be carried out from A to Z.
The driver had already committed 28 traffic offences. Do employers need more vigilance?
There is a chain of responsibilities, regulations that apply to road professionals. It is up to the public authorities to ensure that these regulations are well respected, it is up to the professionals to ensure this as well. It is up to professionals in the sector to tell us if they specify that their profession is well regulated, if they have any proposals to make to us, if they consider that the risks are poorly controlled.
Should we set a threshold of offenses for professions that will often be on the road?
In France, we often have this rather deleterious habit, when we have a news item, which is to want to add a regulation or a new law. Let’s already take the time to see if the regulations that exist are well applied, trust, empower the professionals who are involved. Let’s stop having this attitude of systematically adding regulations to regulations. We already have a lot.
The two teenagers were on the same scooter. Should the regulations be tightened?
Here too there are rules that exist. I will review the electric scooter operators in the city of Lyon for their request to continue their efforts. They have been asked to put in a lot of effort to ensure that these self-service scooters can be better regulated. We have created areas so that the scooters are parked in very specific places, this has reduced the somewhat anarchic abandonment that was bothering the public road. Road safety, as we know, is everyone’s business.