The inhabitants of Craon received a funny Christmas present this Saturday, December 25, on the social network twitter. A researcher for the City and Metropolis of Rennes, specialist in carbon-free mobility, passing through the small town of Sud-Mayenne, published several photos for denounce the use he considers abusive of the car for daily commuting, “France that stinks of the twentieth century”.
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He deeply regrets his words, which shocked, “a really bad Christmas joke, you don’t write anything smart in anger” He tells us, we were able to interact with him via the private messaging of the social network. So why such anger? Saturday, he is in Craon. He walks to buy bread at the bakery. There are a lot of cars on the sidewalks, it annoys him, “an intruder in a car city, it stinks of 20th century France” he writes.
“it stinks of 20th century France”
Second salvo, he arrives at the bakery, full of cars in the parking lot. He complains about it, “the bagnole bakery, especially do not change anything, band of rednecks” he said. An insult that does not pass. In the process, it is a deluge of criticism, to quickly create an ecological problem disconnected from the reality of inhabitants in rural areas where the car is very often the only way to get around.
“I apologize to all the people who felt insulted”
The Rennes researcher, who has since deleted his tweets, hopes, despite this controversy, that his publications will help raise awareness of the efforts to be made in favor of pedestrians in small towns like Craon. Not sure that the Mayenne, thus pointed out, appreciate the lesson.