The night of New Year’s Eve will be particularly monitored in Côte d’Or: deployed from 6 p.m., the system of road checks and compliance with the curfew will last all night. It began on Wednesday, December 30 at the Dijon-Sud tollbooth and Place Wilson in Dijon.
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Wednesday evening at the Dijon-Sud motorway tollbooth, they were already there. Police officers and gendarmes checked motorists: checking the driving license and insurance papers, screening for alcohol and drug use.
A classic control, which allowed “to establish the gendarmerie forces in the device of New Year’s Eve”. Lieutenant Eric Puchaud, who commands the Beaune motorway platoon warns: “On January 31, people will have to be careful. They will have to be aware that we are present“.
Alongside the police, Wednesday evening, Danyl Afsoud, chief of staff of the prefect of Bourgogne Franche-Comté and Côte-d’Or, cited the accident figures for the department in 2020:
” We deplore 157 road accidents which killed 175 people, 25 people lost their lives this year on the roads of Côte-d’Or including 3 on December 25“.
About fifteen gendarmes were mobilized at the Dijon-Sud tollbooth for the road control prefiguring that of the night of New Year’s Eve.
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© France Televisions / M. Ducrocq
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On January 31, the gendarmes will be present from 6 p.m. and checks will take place all night long on the highways and on secondary roads.
“We always manage to control people who are positive for narcotics. This is the case tonight, and that’s why we have a big device in place. We are about fifteen soldiers on two posts. Part of the platoon. motor vehicle from Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur and the Beaune motorway peloton “, Eric Puchaud clarified.
Result:
1 person under search form
14 traffic violations
1 license failure
1 non-transfer of vehicle registration document
2 positive alcohol levels (dt 1 tort)
2 drivers positive for drugs
10 rule violations #COVID19Vigilance, prevention, firmness. https://t.co/pb0jcqM9aU
– Prefect Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Prefect Côte-d’Or (@ Prefet21_BFC) December 30, 2020
Police checks also took place on Wednesday evening at Place Wilson in Dijon. It was essentially a matter of prevention.
“On December 31, the curfew will apply fully, no traffic is possible between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.“, recalled Danyl Afsoud.
In addition to road checks, the police will check identities and certificates.
????# New Year’s Eve2020 | #Covid19 In the event of non-compliance with #Curfew, you incur penalties ???? pic.twitter.com/PrQMKNZ63C
– Ministry of the Interior (@Interieur_Gouv) December 31, 2020
Regarding New Year’s Eve, the director of the prefect’s cabinet reminded everyone that “si tables of more than 6 people are planned, although they are prohibited, everyone should make sure to sleep on the spot and that the hosts give their guests the next day, alcohol tests to ensure their ability to take the steering wheel, safe. “
Report: S. Bouillot – M. Ducrocq – L. Clerc
Speakers: Lieutenant Eric Puchaud: Commander of the Beaune Autoroute gendarmerie platoon / Danyl Afsoud: Chief of staff of the Prefect of Côte-d’Or
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