Video-verbalization: new weapon to fight against incivilities and especially to ensure road safety. In Paris, since 1 January 2019, more than 130,000 fines have been imposed by city officials, fines between 35 and 135 euros. To comment on this new device, Anne Lavaud, Director General of the Association of Road Safety, was the guest of Europe 1, Friday morning.
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"Today, there are 13 video-verbalisable offenses: use of the phone, lack of wearing of a belt, rules of overtaking ... And the last to come is the refusal of priority to pedestrians.We are here on the respect of the law, but we do not have the educational component, prevention, we want to set up an e-learning, and see if this can be accompanied by a reduction of the fine.Without prevention, this can be perceived as a cash machine to the state, and not necessarily effective.