PARIS: France’s road safety department has blamed a 17% spike in road deaths last month on the destruction of radars by the “yellow vest” protesters. ...
This file photo taken on Jan 8, 2019, in La Brulatte, western France, shows a speed radar covered by paint by members of the"Yellow Vests" movement. — AFP: France’s road safety department has blamed a 17% spike in road deaths last month on the destruction of radars by the “yellow vest” protesters.
The “yellow vest” revolt began in rural France in mid-November over fuel taxes but quickly grew into a broader wave of resistance to President Emmanuel Macron’s economic policies, seen as tilted towards rich urbanites. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said in January that nearly 60% of the country’s radars had been vandalised or destroyed.
He estimated the cost of repairing the damaged radars at €40 million and the lost revenue from speeding fines at €500 million.
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