Road safety: a yellow card operation as New Year's Eve approaches

Benjamin Peter, edited by Laura Laplaud 07:01, December 31, 2021

To avoid excesses and accidents, the prefecture of Gers and the prosecutor's office in Auch organized the yellow card operation on Thursday.

An awareness campaign for offenders rather than a fine and a few points less.

The perpetrators of petty traffic offenses could immediately participate in this course.

Raise awareness of the dangers of speeding and alcohol

"You have been the subject of a speed control", announces a police officer to Laurent.

He has just been checked at 98km / h instead of 80. But rather than being fined he agreed to participate in this twenty-minute course.

We test our reflexes.

"As soon as you see the obstacle, you will have to press the brake pedal," said the state official.

He is made aware of the risks of alcohol.

“You eliminate it 0.15 grams per hour,” he continues. 

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The firefighters also show him images of accidents in which they have intervened.

What remind him of the dangers of excessive speed.

"Pictures like that don't hurt. It's a nice reminder and now I'm going to get behind the wheel and think about it," confirms Laurent. 

Stéphane also accepted this alternative through pedagogy.

"I wasn't necessarily careful, we are quickly 10 km / h above, it's more preventive to do something like that than to take a point and 45 euros fine," he says.

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For the prosecutor of Auch Jean-Edouard Andrault, the idea is to recall the right gestures just before New Year's Eve.

"We know that it is a day when there can be excess alcohol. There are accidents. The idea is to ensure that all of this is avoided by betting on the citizen conscience of each."

This New Year's Eve, the police and gendarmes will again be mobilized on the roads but this time there will be no alternative to the ticket.