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Two-month driving licence withdrawal confirmed after pedestrian injury

ATA/463/1998Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberJul 28, 1998Confirmed

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Omnilex summary

The court confirmed a two-month driving licence withdrawal. It held that, although merely using a bus lane had previously not been treated as a serious danger to traffic, Article 16(3) LCR applied in this case because the driver seriously injured a pedestrian and thus gravely endangered road safety. The pedestrian's hesitant behaviour did not mitigate the driver's fault.

Omnilex headnote

Art. 16 al. 3 LCR; serious endangerment of traffic safety in licence-withdrawal cases; the provision applies where the driver's conduct, considered in the concrete circumstances, gravely endangers road users. A prior abstract assessment of the same manoeuvre does not preclude a finding of serious danger when the actual consequences reveal heightened risk. The fault of the driver is not reduced by a third party's hesitant conduct unless that conduct constitutes a legally relevant causal interruption or substantial mitigation (consid. not stated).

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Descripteurs

CIRCULATION ROUTIERE; CAS GRAVE; PIETON; GRAVITE DE LA FAUTE; RETRAIT DE PERMIS; DUREE; FAUTE DU TIERS; FAUTE GRAVE; INFRACTION DE MISE EN DANGER; DILIGENCE; SECURITE DE LA CIRCULATION; VOIE PUBLIQUE; BUS; LCR

Normes

LCR.16 al.3

Résumé

Confirmation d'un retrait de permis de 2 mois. Bien que le Tribunal administratif a déjà jugé que le fait d'emprunter une voie réservée aux bus ne constituait pas une grave mise en danger de la circulation, au sens de l'article 16 alinéa 3 LCR, il convient d'appliquer cette disposition en l'espèce, le recourant ayant grièvement blessé un piéton à cette occasion, mettant gravement en danger la sécurité du trafic et des usagers de la route. La faute du recourant ne saurait être amoindrie par le comportement hésitant du piéton.

Keywords

traffic safetydriving licence withdrawalserious dangerpedestrianbus lanefaultthird-party conduct

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether driving on a bus lane and causing serious injury to a pedestrian constituted a serious traffic danger under Art. 16(3) SVG/LCR.

Extracted holding

Yes. The conduct fell within the serious-danger provision because it gravely endangered traffic safety and road users.

Extracted reasoning

The court held that the earlier view that using a bus lane alone was not a serious endangerment did not prevent application of Art. 16(3) here, given the serious pedestrian injury and the resulting danger to traffic safety.

Key legal question

Whether the pedestrian's hesitant behaviour reduced the driver's fault and affected the licence withdrawal duration.

Extracted holding

No. The driver's fault was not reduced by the pedestrian's hesitant conduct.

Extracted reasoning

The court considered the pedestrian's uncertainty insufficient to diminish the driver's responsibility for the dangerous manoeuvre and resulting injury.

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