A motorist who regularly passed without paying on the highways in Ain and Isre using the technique of the little train was arrested on Friday March 4 at his home. The damage for the motorway company concerned amounts to 20,000 euros.
A 31-year-old man suspected of having defrauded motorway pages 186 times was arrested on Friday March 4 at his home in La Tour-du-Pin (Isre). The suspect used, according to the elements of the investigation, the technique of the little train. This consists of sticking the vehicle in front of you to prevent the barrier from closing and being able to pass without paying, reports The dolphin.
Put together, these skilful passages represent a shortfall of 20,000 euros for the motorway company, which had filed a complaint for fraud. The gendarmerie had been trying to arrest the person responsible for several weeks. It was obviously the driver of a truck registered in Bulgaria.
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The 30-year-old practiced the technique of the little train in the departments of Ain and Isre. The gendarmes ended up identifying and intercepting him. He was taken into custody for fraud before being released. His truck was seized and he will be tried on July 1st by the court of Bourgoin-Jallieu, his truck was seized.
The alleged fraudster risks a heavy fine, reimbursement of the damage suffered by the motorway company and a prison sentence. This type of technique will soon be a thing of the past on some motorways. From 2024, the pages of the A13 and A14 motorways linking Paris to Normandy will be equipped with sensors on the gates to distinguish each vehicle.