Improving the safety of first responder’s road is the creation of a law providing for a security corridor. This is demanded by the members' Proud to be convenience "of which the Sauvignon Jimmy Breton.
"The accident is my obsession," says Jimmy Breton in safety vest, 31, manager of the garage Quartos in Sevigne-le-Temple. In Breton, one is father of son convenience store. And this despite is the perpetual danger of the profession. When the manager was most afraid of? "Early in my career, he says. I was loading a vehicle on the road, in the bowl at the height. From a distance, I saw a car carrier in the downhill, sweeping the trailer. I quickly left and I expected it passes. I'm constantly on my guard. "
There are three years, one of the drivers of the garage lost his arm, despite the precautions (reflecting device, yellow jacket, flashing lights, etc.). "It was during snow continues Jimmy Breton. The driver was being charged and a car slid on ice and crashed. "
So the death of a colleague in the North of France, caught in early November by a vehicle passed too close, the yellow vest sees red and decided to join the national group "Proud to be store" that has 1,300 professionals of career.
Advocate for creating a corridor mandatory security for troubleshooting.
Educate drivers
"On the A5, the emergency lanes are a reasonable size, 2.50 meters. That happens to be in danger when one works on the N104 Lieu saint to Loges remark Jimmy Breton. The emergency lanes do qu'1.50 meter. It's complicated for that follow semitrailers. "
The members therefore organize marches and demonstrations across France to raise awareness about the simple steps on the road. "We would like to succeed in changing the mentality of drivers. Make them aware that for our safety, but also firefighters, police officers and highway, they must slow down and they change lanes, as is already taxed in Canada. And for them, this is normal! "
Worse, with live temptation on social networks, road users would approach closer to the events. A risky practice, so. Since 2012, Quebec and the United States, provide between 300 and 400 dollars in fines if drivers do not bother to deport.
Then, members of "Proud to be store" also trying to mobilize in order to change the laws in France. "Our life hangs by a thread, one is confronted with all, he analyzes. We are left to ourselves. And the Department of Transportation does not help us. We team white flashes by reflective material to be visible at night when it is forbidden and harvesting fines. We do not understand why. "
In France, according to the association "Proud to be convenience store," an accident of the motorway would be three staff on the emergency lane. In 2015, 119 accidents were recorded, including 15 injuries.
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