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"The Valley of the Breakdown" : Chaos During the Heat Wave, 50 Cars Fall in the Same Place at the Same Time
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On Saturday, August 9, 2025, motorists en route to the south by the A75 were given a show that is usually seen only in the troubleshooters' nightmares. In the Hérault, about 50 cars were broken down at the same place and at the same time, according to Le Figaro. Over several hundred meters, the vehicles lined up open hoods. Stoppers formed over kilometres The images were quickly relayed on TikTok. This resulted in a new nickname: "the valley of …
A major technical incident caused a mess on the A75, at the Pas-de-l'Escalette in the Hérault. What was supposed to be a simple weekend of summer cross-hunting was transformed into a real road chaos, mixing monster traffic jams, serial breakdowns and chain troubleshooting operations. Behind the viral images shared on social networks, a very precise cause explains this chain of mechanical problems. Off-duty tunnel and traffic jams: the trigger of…
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