An anti-radar Facebook group denounced the “hypocrisy” of justice – Le Parisien

An anti-radar Facebook group denounced the "hypocrisy" of justice – Le Parisien

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“that tells you where the police Aveyron” Facebook page has not pleased the prosecutor Rodez. Fifteen drivers-site having decided to provide guidance on the location of speed cameras on roads aveyronnaises appeared Tuesday in court to have “withdrawn from the recognition of traffic violations.”
                         
                 
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They denounced the “hypocrisy” of justice, arguing that the driver assistance systems provided the same information. “These terrorists Net” had quipped, shortly before the hearing, Remy Josseaume expert automobile law attorney, designating 11 of the 15 defendants he stands before the criminal court of Rodez.

“This is hypocrisy of these people continue while many support products to drive which also give the camera locations are themselves legal,” the lawyer had claimed, top steps of the courthouse.

VIDEO. An anti-radar Facebook group in court

An unprecedented trial in France

This trial is unique even though Facebook pages this type are common on the Web. The lawyer Remy Josseaume ensures that they do not violate any law because, according to him, they can not be equated with radar detectors, the use of which is liable to a fine of 1,500 euros and a withdrawal of six points on the permit.

For the lawyer, the Facebook pages rather fall-support tools to drive, like Coyote, who report not radar but danger zones. Similarly, “Justice had decided not to prohibit flashing headlights signal the presence of gendarmes,” Reminds me Josseaume.

Between 600,000 and 800,000 members in France

Established in 2012, the offending Facebook page brings together messages on “Chicken roundabout …”, the “attention BAC test” but also warnings about traffic jams or accidents. The “who tells you where the police Aveyron” group, as he calls himself, has over 10,000 members. “You see a blue van, radar, bikers … just report it,” he wrote to the attention of Internet users.

This type of pages meets “between 600,000 and 800,000 members on Facebook,” says Mr. Josseaume. But the prosecutor Rodez, Yves Delpérié, “decided to punish these people looking to escape the law,” he explained recently.

This trial, “it’s a big hypocrisy because there are lots of private companies that use the same systems to know where the radar, “said Tuesday morning AFP co-founder of the group, Mathieu Chane.

associations for road safety protest against this type of initiative

At the hearing, he stressed that there was “a lot of Facebook groups of its kind in France. But there is no indication that the radar … There are also reports of snow or wild beasts or plugs, “he has noted.

Another defendant, David Allegre, stressed that “police also had this kind of Facebook page” pointing radar. “I do not understand that we are morflé and not the others,” he complained.

associations for road safety see, they a dangerous instrument in this Facebook group.

“Speed ​​kills and the fact that trying to outsmart control systems, is to jeopardize and endanger the lives of others,” said Bernard Stasiowski, director of the Prevention Association road in the Aveyron.

“We must stop these social networks and that everyone respects the speed,” he added, noting the tremendous leap in fatalities known as the department 2013: + 126% (34 against 15 in 2012), while the whole of France had known at the same time a decrease of more than 10%

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