Chaos on French highways as 'yellow vests' torch toll booths
Traffic speeding radar systems wrecked by demonstrators
French “yellow vest” protesters caused transport chaos on Tuesday after occupying highway toll booths and setting some of them on fire. France’s biggest toll road operator, Vinci Autoroutes, said demonstrations were under way at 40 sites in its network and that several highway intersections had been heavily damaged, notably in the south of France. The Bandol toll station, east of Marseille in the south of France, suffered fire damage and the A50 highway was closed, said Vinci, whose network is mainly in the south and west of the country. “Motorists should take utmost care as they approach toll gates and motorway access ramps due to the presence of numerous pedestrians,” he said. Several people have died in roadside crashes at yellow-vest roadblocks in recent week. The “yellow-vest” protesters — named after the fluorescent jackets French motorists must have in their cars — have blocked roads across France since mid-November. The demonstrations began as a protest against fuel tax incr...
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