Aisne gendarmerie traffic stop escape on electric scooter, Digi Mart USA News (Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France): Gendarmes in the Aisne department faced a motorist who refused to stop when ordered. The officers were training with their dogs by the roadside when a vehicle approached.
The gendarmes of the Groupe investigations cynophiles (GIC) were on a training exercise with their dogs when the vehicle drove up. The gendarmerie of Aisne described the vehicle in a statement as “as discreet as a rock concert in the cathedral of Laon.” The officers decided to stop the driver, who refused to comply.
A few hundred meters further on, the vehicle left the road and rolled over. The gendarmes expected the worst for the driver, who had been thrown from the vehicle.
To their surprise, the man was already on his feet when they arrived, trying to flee on an electric scooter.
The man was eventually arrested. During the check that could no longer be avoided, gendarmes found that he did not hold a driving licence, tested positive for narcotics, and had no valid insurance.
The gendarmerie closed its statement with a wry remark: “In short, the scooter is very useful for fetching bread on Sunday. For fleeing after a loop on the road, we leave you to judge…”
