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The Toulon prosecutor's office opened a judicial investigation on Wednesday for "endangering the lives of others" after the complaint of three associations mobilized against speed bumps on French roads that they consider "illegal".
“A first” in France, according to them.
These associations - La Ligue de Défense des Conducteurs, Pour une Mobilité serene et Durable, and Automobile-club des Avocats - estimate that "a large majority" of some 450,000 speed bumps are not up to standard in France, particularly because of their height. , and can cause accidents or damage vehicles.
"The Berlin cushions" in question
During a press conference on Monday, Rémy Josseaume, a lawyer specializing in road law and who chairs the Automobile-Club des Avocats, announced that beyond current proceedings before administrative tribunals following accidents, " we have decided on a criminal orientation, with a complaint filed with the Toulon prosecutor's office ”.
This complaint against X was filed on September 22.
The appeal was "focused on the 'Berlin cushions'", a type of rubber retarder, detailed the lawyer.
"The considerable advantage" of such a judicial procedure, "these are the means that can be implemented, with an investigation which seems to be titanic because this complaint covers more than 150 municipalities and local communities, therefore with as many hearings and investigations, ”he added.
For his part, Thierry Modolo-Dominati, president of the association Pour une Mobilité serene et durable, indicated that "a motorcyclist fell on a downhill road where there was a" Berlin cushion ", this file interests very strongly the investigator on the criminal level, because it is a bodily accident directly linked to this infrastructure ”.
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