I bought the DVD when it was released, AFAIK it was Claude driving it; after finishing a film in Paris he was offered the use of one of the first gyro-stabilised cameras. It only had a 10 minute film capacity and he remembered an idea he had some years earlier.... He did station a friend with a walkie talkie at the entrance to the Place d'Etoile (hope I've spelt it right) as it was the one blind junction. The film (lasting all of 9 minutes) was released, but Claude was promptly summoned to the Paris head of Police (Prefecture?) who demanded Claude's licence "I have been ordered to seize your licence". Claude decided not to argue and handed it over. The head of police examined it carefully and then handed it back "But they didn't say for how long. My daughters enjoyed your film!"
I spent many years trying to get a VHS copy of it -without success) and eventually decided that it was an Urban Myth. Then the Daily Telegraph ran an article on it -one of the staff at Spirit Films came across a poor quality VHS copy and felt it deserved better. He contacted Claude who still had the master copy and was happy for Spirit to distribute it. £17 pounds later I had my copy -it really needs a large wide-screen TV or a projector to really enjoy it.
Simon.