Matignon Friday brings an interdepartmental committee on road safety (IRB), the first in four years, to adopt a new plan of action to stem the rise in mortality on French roads.
“The IRB was decided because the numbers of July were of concern (19.2% of deaths in more compared to July 2014, ed.) There is need an answer to enforce the rules so that there is a sense of impunity on the roads, “he told AFP Emmanuel Barbe, Interministerial Delegate for road safety.
The government refers to its side a” relaxation behavior of some drivers ” , recurrent discourse since 1974 when the first speed limits. The purpose of the IRB is to decide on measures to reverse the curve the number of road deaths, which increased in 2014 for the first time in twelve years (3384, + 3.5%). Especially that “this trend is confirmed for the first eight months of 2015 with a 4.6% increase in the number of road deaths over the same period in 2014,” notes the government.
These measures will be announced by Manuel Valls on Friday morning. The detail is not yet known, but according to sources close to the case, the government did not opt for the big bang that would be lowering the speed limit from 90 to 80 km / h on all the secondary network. Normal as the interior minister himself, Bernard Cazeneuve, had defined the framework of what is only an experiment on three roads and whose findings will be made after two years of observation.
“There will be half measures but not the transition to 80 km / h” on national roads in both directions without lane separator, anticipates and regrets the very predictable president of the League against road violence, Chantal Perrichon whose extremist attitudes that are always relayed back complacently and without by the media. Activist awaits actually “not much of an IRB prepared in a hurry.” It must be understood “not much of what she hopes an iron repression”.
Technical inspection for motorcycles?
This summer, the Prime Minister had assured that “repressive measures” would be “reinforced” on the occasion of the IRB, adding also want a “new strategy of automated radar”, “targeting the fight against addictive practices”, “protection of vulnerable users” (two wheels and pedestrians) and make prevention a “major axis”.
Jean-Yves Salaun, CEO of the Road Safety Association, hopes the announcement of the “Installation Boot breathalysers “in cars whose drivers have been convicted several times for driving under the influence of alcohol. A measure of common sense for those who should be denied even in this case permits. Bikers, they, fear the establishment of a technical control and expect the requirement to wear protective gloves. On the latter point, this is a matter of common sense that would become a measure and shows the irresponsibility of certain users.
Meanwhile, anticipating new “repressive” measures, the association 40 million motorists on Friday launched the site legrandraslebol.com, denouncing a France “become the world catalog of repressive measures”. Friday plan adds to the 26 measures announced in January by the Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, including a “progress report” will be prepared and designed by the government to “achieve the goal of less than 2 000 deaths on the roads of France in 2020 “.
They come after a series of small hiccups in government road safety. Christiane Taubira custody of Sceaux comes eg to announce the withdrawal of provisions providing an easing of sanctions for failure to license, after the outcry in July. And this summer, the Journal Sunday unveiled a report of the General Inspectorate of Directors in July 2014, pointing in particular a lack of interdepartmental collaboration on road safety.
“In terms of safety road, large highly effective measures such as belts, ABS, radars have already been taken. Now it’s more complicated, we must seek the living pockets “summarizes Emmanuel Barbe.
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