Toulouse: three rodeo enthusiasts arrested, two motorcycles seized and soon destroyed
Hectic weekend for the Toulouse police who “hunt” rodeo enthusiasts on two or four wheels. Three “acrobats” have been arrested and their motorcycles will be destroyed.
Machines that make noise, drivers who take the sidewalks or the air of games for training tracks and delicate missions for the police, who seek to stop these dangerous gymkhanas.
Sunday afternoon, bikers were patrolling in the north of Toulouse, near the Maourine park and they noticed a young two-wheeler driver who multiplied acrobatics and traffic violations on the handlebars of a normally prohibited motorcycle. on the road. When they wanted to control him, this driver preferred to block his accelerator handle and he fled, notably crossing the Maourine park in the middle of mothers and young children.
Only the arrival of reinforcements from the road safety unit finally made it possible to intercept the 19-year-old biker and confiscate his vehicle. Unregistered, the motorcycle has been impounded and will be destroyed soon as provided for by the new law put in place to fight against urban rodeos.
This is not the only motocross seized on Sunday from Pradettes, a district in the east of Toulouse around 6 p.m., another “acrobat” follower of wheels after was noticed on Sunday by a police patrol. Attempt to intercept but the driver fled. Not long since he was surprised a little further on by a crew from the Left Bank anti-crime brigade. His motorcycle was confiscated and he was taken into custody. Next step, like the first suspect, an explanation before the criminal court as part of a procedure on prior recognition of guilt.
Finally Friday evening, the police officers of the South BST also tried to stop a motorcycle driver in the Empalot district. The individual managed to escape and in view of the risks he suffered, the police preferred to discontinue the pursuit to avoid an accident.
Only these peacekeepers, particularly attached to the surveillance of this sensitive district, were quick to find their pilot on Saturday at the end of the day. He is no longer on the handlebars of his machine but he was still arrested after the multiple offenses committed the day before. In police custody, he admitted his “errors”. He too will appear in court in a few weeks.