940 Cars Torched in France in New Year Celebrations

A firefighter extinguishes a burning car during New Year's eve celebration in Lille January 1, 2012. Pascal Rossignol/Reuters

So, apparently it's a big thing in France to torch cars on New Year's Eve,  but the fad may be dwindling as they are down by 12% from last year--only 940 cars burnt this year.  Wow.

Check it out;
http://www.newsweek.com/940-cars-torched-france-new-year-celebrations-296360