As every year, the police are particularly mobilized on the roads for this Ascension weekend. If in addition they have to check compliance with the limit of 100 km of travel around the home, the time is above all for education. 

Above all, demonstrate pedagogy. On the eve of the first extended weekend since the deconfinement, the police are on guard to enforce the limit of movement of 100 kilometers around the home. From this Wednesday evening, the mobile units were set up on the roads and motorways traditionally frequented everywhere on the territory, but also on this motorway exit straddling two departments near Avignon where our journalist went . 

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The 100 kilometer limit, one more parameter to check ...

As every year, the police are in large numbers on the ground during this accident-prone weekend, where many French people take their cars. If they are vigilant about the imposed limit of 100 kilometers, it is only for them an additional mission. Proof of this is that dog-fighting brigades to fight against drug trafficking and interception vehicles for significant speeding are also mobilized. 

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... with discernment and pedagogy

But there is no question of trying to get through the cracks and go to your second home, or to the seaside, if these destinations are located more than 100 kilometers from your home. Especially since the police have a simple way to choose which vehicle to check: the department number on the license plate. If making a trip from Avignon to Nice is therefore not acceptable, the officials nevertheless proceed with discernment during an audit, and with a certain margin of acceptability. The goal is above all to demonstrate pedagogy.