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After the dramas of the last few days, the fight against urban rodeos is moving up a gear. Around 3,000 checks have taken place over the past ten days, because this practice poisons the life of certain neighborhoods.
In Sartrouville (Yvelines)a young man performs a balancing act on a motorbike, in the middle of the street. A scene repeating itself night but also in broad daylight. Urban rodeos exasperate the residents of this commune. They witness dangerous behavior and experience noise pollution. “Everyone is fed up with it”deplores a local resident who testifies anonymously. He regrets that the police intervene more willingly in the city center than in the city.
Always more speed, more risks for more visibility on social networks. The images push the young people of the district to outbid according to a resident. According to fans of urban rodeo, it is above all a pastime. “We are in a city, we are locked up, it’s the only moment of freedom we have”said one of them. “To each his own passions (…) we only have that to do”continues another.