Specialists know it is one of the only cars in the world capable of running on three wheels without damaging the rim, thanks in particular to its hydropneumatic suspension.
But from there to take the highway and drive at the speed of a snail.
This is however what the owner of a DS did on September 9th.
At the end of the day, the gendarmes of the Hautes-Pyrénées motorized peloton spotted a car traveling at 40 km / h on the A64, in the direction of Tarbes.
She was driving "half on the slow lane and half on the emergency lane", explain the soldiers, who were quickly intrigued and decided to control her driver.
When they took a tour of this vintage vehicle from the sixties, they were surprised to discover that it no longer had a right rear wheel and was therefore driven on three wheels.
When they intercepted him, the man had been driving this way for several kilometers and he intended to continue his journey, his car allowing him to drive on three wheels.
Despite the capabilities of her DS, the gendarmes immobilized her and her owner was fined "for running a vehicle without a tire".
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