The gendarmerie communicated the images of its intervention on the A15 motorway. Val d’Oise Gendarmerie / Facebook
Aboard his wheelchair, the man who accidentally found himself on the A15 motorway last Thursday explained to the military that he had followed “the GPS”.
A disaster was narrowly avoided on the A15. On Thursday March 2, a gendarmerie patrol intervened to prevent a man at the controls of a wheelchair from entering the fast lane, the Val-d’Oise gendarmes reported on their Facebook page on Sunday.
GPS problem
“One morning, during a shift… What was the surprise of a patrol of our reservists when on the A15 motorway, they saw a driver determined to enter the fast lane… In a wheelchair !“Write the soldiers, surprised and amused by this unusual situation. “The reason ? Lost, he followed the GPS ! “, they continue. “Quickly brought to safety, and informed of the risks and the danger, he is taken care of by a crew of the National Police, territorially competent on this axis. All’s well That ends well !» they reassure.
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According to The Val d’Oise gazette , a witness to the scene specifies that the individual passed in front of the police station of Cergy before embarking on the way of insertion of the A15. That’s when he was spotted by law enforcement.
This scene, without dramatic consequences, amused the police and Internet users. “There are some who drive on the A15 with cars without a license, it’s the samequipped a Facebook user.
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