At College, Thursday was dedicated to prevention and safety. The gendarmes in safety clothing carried out checks to inform their owners of the defective two-wheelers. An unexpected controls of the two-wheelers, Thursday early in the morning, by four gendarmes, somewhat surprised the students of the College Fleuron.
Adjutant commander of the Amoles brigade of the Retirement COB, accompanied by Franck Isabelle, volunteer deputy constable (GAV), and two gendarmes of the Retirement COB, thus verified various points safety of a dozen two-wheelers (bicycles and scooters): lighting, brakes, tires, reflective devices, audible alarms as well as mirrors, exhaust, helmet for two-wheeled motor. During this audit, Isabelle Boucher, principal of the colleges of the canton of Plumbers, and her principal assistant, were present.
The purpose of this operation is to allow young college students to talk about it later and be more cautious.
There were very few anomalies noted. From year to year, this kind of operation renewed at the beginning of the school year begins to bear fruit; as the day and time are never communicated in advance, the users of two-wheelers are attentive.
The non-compliant points were noted on a card, given to the students to have them sign to the parents, asking to quickly do what is necessary for their two-wheelers to comply with the regulations. Some lighting defects in the front and rear, or reflective devices and brakes were noted. The gendarmes took advantage of the operation to encourage college students to wear a yellow reflective vest and a helmet.
Make people aware of the dangers
This preventive action and advice are very useful during this autumnal period for the safety of schoolchildren: it is a bit of a reminder to tell young people that riding my bike or scooter can not be improvised. “Today, no verbalization, this is not the goal, we just want to make young people aware of the dangers of traveling with a machine that is not up to safety standards,” said adjutant Chard. In the afternoon, accompanied by the GAV Franck Isabelle, he also spoke with the two classes of the 3rd to raise awareness about the dangers of the Internet and develop for one hour: “On the internet, your words should be reasoned”, a declared in preamble the commander of the Amoles brigade.