Angry tuning associations.

These lovers of personalized cars have trouble digesting the new decree of the prefecture of Pas-de-Calais, prohibiting tuning and runing gatherings throughout the month of October, in the districts of Béthune and Lens.

At the end of June, a previous ban on driving mechanics had already been taken by the prefecture for a weekend.

In question, the "drifts" (skids), "burns" (acceleration on the spot) and "runs" (speed races) which had given rise to a hundred verbalizations, from the first evening.

Deterrent operations

October seems calmer.

This time, "no tuning gathering has been identified within the districts" and "the operations put in place by the police forces were dissuasive", assures the prefecture.

Nevertheless, "if the calls for this type of demonstration persist, the decree will be extended", notes the authority, the objective being to avoid tragedies like the one that occurred in Libercourt, resulting in the death of a spectator, in September.

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, the spokesperson for a major tuning club in the former mining basin got angry immediately.

"We must stop associating tuning meetings with wild races that cause deaths, it has no relation," he asserts, before ending the discussion.

"The prefecture has the wrong target"

A position shared, more calmly, by a tuning fan.

“There may be some excesses, but it's not these associations that organize wild rodeos.

The prefecture has the wrong target.

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However, the authority does not budge.

“The exhibition of cars is subject to rules, in particular the agreement of the owner of the land, which is not often the case,” she explains.

In addition, the participants do not only show their vehicles, they also engage in runs, during the exhibition or afterwards, which can be particularly dangerous ”.

Two irreconcilable points of view.

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