At the end of September, during an intervention on an expressway between Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine) and Paris, a truck violently struck one of the intervention vehicles from behind. Images show a car hitting a van head-on.
Patrol officers intervene just a few meters from cars and trucks to protect a broken-down vehicle and its driver. A pedestrian’s life expectancy on a motorway is only twenty minutes.
When a patrol officer picks up dangerous electrical conduits from the roadside, vehicles pass only a few meters from him.
This corridor is all the more essential when the breakdown service arrives in turn.
On the Vinci Autoroutes network, 39 collisions have already involved intervention vehicles since the beginning of the year, an average of three per month.
Authorities recall the obligation to respect the safety corridor. Users who violate it face a fine of 135 euros and a points deduction.
Behind the vans, officers work at the risk of their lives. A van placed 200 meters upstream is used to announce the danger.
The gaze remains attentive and focused, including on a busy A7 motorway.