When you own a car, you do everything you can to take care of it. And one of the worst nightmares of motorists after an accident is to find their car burned. However, this is a harsh reality for many owners after the riots that have rocked France for several days. The wave of violence was sparked by the death of Nachel last week in Nanterre. And if the situation seems to have calmed down a little, then these are the consequences acts of vandalism continue to be visible. And this is both on the streets, where many buildings still bear the scars of those nights, and in car scrap yards.
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Indeed, the latter have been in particular demand for more than a week. Since several hundred cars are burned every day throughout France, the carcasses have to be stored somewhere. Every morning, after the violence subsides, a tow truck starts to recover the charred cars to preserve them until they are completely destroyed and possibly reimbursed by insurance companies. Over the last few days, the professionals have been overworked, as evidenced by the manager to our Parisian colleagues. The latter explains that the activity of his landfill has increased dramatically in recent days.
Worse than December 31
Indeed, he explains that: for us, this is an activity that can be compared to the activity of July 14 or December 31. But five or six days in a row. Over the past week, we have taken out 15-20 burned cars per day. Yesterday (Tuesday) we again removed 13 cars from the city of Genvilliers alone“. It remains to be seen whether all motorists will be able to receive compensation, although many did not sign up for fire and vandalism protection. In Ile-de-France alone, the riots would cost at least 20 million euros.
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Source: Auto Plus
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