Traffic jams in Paris (Illustration) -

Jacques Witt / SIPA

Traffic jams and checks.

Or the opposite ?

While the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin announced on Sunday an "increase of more than 30%" in controls since Saturday concerning compliance with the curfew at 6 p.m., during a trip to the Yvelines to supervise the operations of the police, traffic in Ile-de-France was very congested.

According to Sytadin, nearly 400 kilometers of traffic jams were recorded this Sunday in Île-de-France.

The traffic was described as "exceptional" by the site.

That is four times more than normal.

For some elected officials and users, it was the controls that caused the traffic jams and

ultimately 

the tickets for non-compliance with the curfew.

"Welcome to absurdity!"

"

“The 6 p.m. curfew does not slow down the Covid-19, Castex himself says.

But it produces the crush.

The ring road blocked, 400km of traffic jams, impossible for many Ile-de-France residents to be home on time… and there, you will be notified at 6:05 pm!

Welcome to absurdity!

Revolting, ”said Bastien Lachaud, elected (LFI) of Seine-Saint-Denis on Twitter.

Anne Hidalgo's first deputy, Emmanuel Grégoire, was also skeptical.

"I do not believe that this type of action helps the acceptability of the measures ... they do not run any risk for others or for themselves ... a little discernment ... otherwise citizens will get bored ... very quickly ...", he said on Twitter.

"The French should know that after 6 pm, they have a great chance of being checked and therefore fined", explained Gérald Darmanin at the Buchelay toll gate on the A13, where the checks, carried out by police and gendarmes , have also caused major traffic jams in the province-Paris direction.

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  • Covid 19

  • Gerald Darmanin

  • Curfew

  • Traffic jams

  • Paris