Key legal question
Whether the technical recidivism rule under Art. 17(1)(d) SVG applied despite the criminal authority joining the two incidents in one sentence.
Extracted holding
Yes. The formal requirements for recidivism were met; the criminal court's joint treatment did not prevent administrative recidivism from being applied.
Extracted reasoning
The earlier withdrawal had ended only shortly before the second drunk-driving incident. A criminal judgment binds the administrative authority only as to established facts and legal characterization, not so as to exclude recidivism rules.