On August 8 in Marseilles, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin declared that the fight against urban rodeos had to be made a priority. Even though checks have multiplied, the effects are not so much felt in certain districts of Avignon such as the district of the cross of the birds. Fouad, a resident of the northern bypass district, testifies. “It’s becoming execrable. I have 4 children and the noise of motorbikes wakes them up at night. They do this during the week, on weekends it’s even worse because they drink and it can last until dawn. J would like to move if I could.”
Multiplication of checks but no vehicle seizure
The Vaucluse prefecture has shared the figures for roadside checks carried out by the gendarmes and the police of Vaucluse in the first week of September. 54 checks carried out for a single arrest and no vehicles seized.
David Fiorentini delegate of the Alliance police union in Vaucluse assures that the controls have multiplied and that his colleagues “do the job”. But for him these road checks do not change anything, it takes investigation to get hold of the regulars of the urban rodeo. The police unionist would also like to see a legal arsenal put themselves in place to give the police the means to put an end to these mad races, among others on the ring road of Avignon.