Chaos on French Highways as ‘Yellow Vests’ Torch Toll Booths

Chaos on French Highways as ‘Yellow Vests’ Torch Toll Booths
A worker of French construction group Vinci stands near a damaged payment booth a day after the highway toll was set on fire in Bandol, near Marseille, southern France on Dec. 18, 2018. Gerard Julien/AFP/Getty Images
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PARIS—French “yellow vest” protesters occupied highway toll booths, setting a number on fire and causing transport chaos in parts of the country days before the Christmas holidays getaway.

France’s biggest toll-road operator, Vinci Autoroutes, said there were demonstrations at about 40 sites along its network and that some highway intersections had been damaged.