A bill wants to prevent these GPS navigation applications from reporting police checks to motorists according to Le Parisien. The information was confirmed by the Secretary of State to the Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez on CNews channel, on Monday. This prohibition concerns certain types of offenses.
Already in June, a decree aimed the ideal companion of the motorist to travel in full knowledge of traffic conditions. Whether Waze or Coyote, these mobile GPS navigation applications rely on information that can be modified by their users who can report near-real-time an accident, a traffic jam, jobs ... but also a police control. This has the effect of rendering inoperative the effect of surprise wanted by the police.
According to the newspaper Le Parisien , a bill to prevent these applications of GPS navigation to report police checks to motorists, has been submitted for opinion to the Council of State. It will be presented in December to the Council of Ministers. This information was confirmed by Laurent Nuñez, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Interior interviewed, on CNews this Monday, November 19th.
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- CNEWS (@CNEWS) November 19, 2018Scrambling for some controls only
If the law is passed, the police will be able to ask the Waze and Coyote apps to hide for a limited time (between three hours and twenty-four hours) other users an ongoing check, reported by motorists.
This interference only concerns the hunt for "the most serious offenses, including alcohol and narcotics," according to the Secretary of State, and "in specific cases , " such as kidnapping alerts or terrorist threats.