Unable to pay the toll, an octogenarian turns around on the highway and drives on the emergency lane

Unable to pay the toll, an octogenarian turns around on the highway and drives on the emergency lane

Briefly placed in police custody, the motorist was released. Midi Libre – MiKAEL ANISSET

On December 29, this 80-year-old man who was driving on the emergency lane was intercepted by the gendarmes.

An octogenarian was arrested on Friday December 29 by gendarmes from the Grand-Gallargues motorway platoon, while he was driving in the wrong direction on the A54 motorway in Gard.

Emergency stop lane

Intercepted by the military between Arles and Bellegarde, after having traveled 8 kilometers on the emergency lane, the motorist explained that he had turned around due to lack of power pay upon arrival at the toll booth (Arles exit).

Left free

The person concerned, a European national who miraculously did not cause any accident, was briefly placed in police custody for "endangering the life of&rsquo ;others", before finally being released by the military.

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