21st Night of Rioting
Wikepedia reports that November 16, 2005 (21st night of rioting in France) 98 cars were burned by rioters.
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French police say levels of violence in France have returned to normal, following three weeks of unrest by urban youths across the country.
Police said 98 vehicles were torched on Wednesday night, marking a “return to a normal situation everywhere in France”.
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Almost 9,000 cars have been set ablaze and about 3,000 people have been arrested since the violence erupted.
The police service said the figure of 98 cars burnt was in line with the nightly average before the trouble began on 27 October.
At the height of the violence, more than 1,400 vehicles were destroyed in a single night.
So we now know that 100 cars burned per night is normal in France; 36,500 cars burned every year. There are 60.5 million people in France. Maybe cars are not that important in the French culture?
I don’t get it. But until this situation flares up, we shall let it rest.