On the eve of New Year's Eve, the Prévention Routière association carried out an awareness-raising operation on the dangers of alcohol on the esplanade of the Forum des Halles in central Paris.
The goal: to distribute advice and alcohol tests to passers-by, but also to participate in exercises to simulate the effects of alcohol.
With 804 people killed in an accident involving an alcoholic driver in 2020, alcohol is involved in 31% of fatal accidents and reaches 49% for night accidents, recalls Road Safety, citing the National Interministerial Road Safety Observatory .
Twenty people lost their lives on the roads on December 31, 2019 and January 1, 2020, the latest figures since a curfew was in effect last year.
Alternatives to the car
According to the barometer "The French, New Year's Eve and drunk driving" presented by Road Safety and the Association Assurance Prévention Thursday, 37% of those questioned plan to take measures to avoid driving in a state of repair. intoxicated on the 31st, such as sleeping there or designating a person who will not drink alcohol.
Ile-de-France residents will have alternatives to the car.
RERs will run, as will six metro lines (1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 14) open between approximately 2.15 am and 5.30 am.
On these metro lines, not all stations are open and some entrances to these stations will be closed, says the RATP on its website.
The bus lines of the Noctilien network, in service from 12:30 am to 5:30 am, will also run like a classic weekend night.
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