The Federal court has confirmed a woman from the Canton of St. Gallen is a clarification of fitness to drive. The woman was involved as a foot commuter in an accident with a car, but in spite of the high alcohol concentration in the blood hardly any impairments.
The accident occurred in March 2017, when the St. Galleries crossed a main road. On the basis of a breath alcohol sample of the street traffic, calculated – and shipping authority of the Canton of St. Gallen with a blood alcohol concentration of at least 2.65 to a maximum of 3.38 Weight per thousand at the time of accident.
alcohol is The lethal dose for people who drink occasionally, according to the Federal office of public health in 3 to 4 Weight. The authority assumed, therefore, that in the case of the woman with an alcohol problem. According to a released Monday judgment of the Federal court.
“transport-relevant addictive behavior”
The office ordered a traffic medical examination. The data not only has the driving licence for passenger cars. You may also drive trucks, and motor-car draw, with more than eight persons transported may be.
Against the road traffic and shipping authority, the St. Galleries fought back to before the Federal court, but in vain. The Lausanne judges recorded in their judgment, for a medical examination will not be provided necessarily, that the vehicle leader had in fact driven under the influence of alcohol.
According to Federal law, it is rich, if there are substantial grounds for a traffic-relevant searches would behave. Not necessary to prove that the Complainant was not able to alcohol consumption and road traffic is sufficient to tell them apart.
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Created: 08.04.2019, 12:00 PM
