The year began badly on the road. The National Interministerial Observatory for Road Safety (ONISR) on Thursday released figures for January and found an increase of 12% of deaths from January 2014.
The record is heavy, with 263 people killed on the roads in January. This represents an increase of 12% compared to the same period last year, when 235 people were killed. “Mortality of motorists, after falling in December, moves up to January. That of pedestrians and cyclists also shows an increase from one month to another. Conversely, the moped seems to support its recent downward trend, “according ONISR. These figures confirm a bad general trend, with a 3.7% increase in deaths in 2014, according to a report in late January.
The number of injured, he, on the other hand decreases by 10%. A total of 5127 people were injured on the roads in January 2015, 577 fewer than a year earlier.
16% of the French admit to not put the belt
In late January, Me Jehanne Collard, lawyer for the victims of the road, explaining to the Le Figaro bad statistics “relaxation behavior on the road, with a violent crime.” The lawyer evoked such accidents involving cyclists and pedestrians. These users are indeed an important part of the victims, as outlined in the Road Safety website. Measures to better protect users, such as wearing yellow vests, should be applied.
To counter this, the government announced in late January a measurement battery. The use of hands-free kits, should soon be banned, whereas previously only the phone in his hand was sanctioned. Helmets, used for listening to music will also be banned, and tricks (registration of a vehicle on behalf of a minor, …) to avoid losing points will be targeted. The legal blood alcohol level will be lowered on an experimental basis from 0.5 to 0.2 grams per liter of blood for novice drivers (three years after the permit or two years there has been accompanied driving).
The French also recognizing sometimes adopt risky behavior. They were in July, 16% admit not wearing their seat belts regularly. Agravants other factors: alcohol and drugs. The generalization of the saliva test and alcohol interlock are under consideration.
Reduce speed, a solution?
The plan presented by the Interior Minister, Bernard Cazeneuve in late 2014 further proposed to reduce speed to 80 km / h on three county, as part of an experiment. Ever measure current, but criticized for its lack of ambition by those responsible for road safety. “If he does not take this measure (lower speed, ie) a significant portion or the entire network, we are going to fail,” said at the time a member of the National Road Safety Council.
On the Paris ring road, passing a discount rate of 80 to 70 km / h, has been applied since January 2014. A year later, the experience is considered “very positive” by the mayor and the police headquarters in Paris. The figures show a 15.5% drop in the number of accidents and the number of injured also fell. In contrast, the number of deaths on the axis most used in France has increased from 4 to 7 people. This increase was accompanied by an explosion in the number of offenses which have more than tripled. Indeed, nine additional cameras were installed between.
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