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Speeding sanction and prior offense within two years

ATA/88/1998Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberFeb 10, 1998Confirmed

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Omnilex summary

The authority confirmed its practice of taking into account a prior speeding-related license withdrawal if it occurred within two years before the new offense. In this case, the driver committed a new speeding violation of 17 km/h, and the one-month license withdrawal was upheld because the earlier antecedent fell within the relevant two-year period.

Omnilex headnote

LCR 17; speed-related driving measures and prior offenses. A previous license withdrawal for speeding may be taken into account when it occurred within two years before the new infraction. In such a case, the antecedent may justify the sanction imposed for the later speeding offense; the reviewing authority will uphold the withdrawal if the sanction is otherwise proportionate and based on the relevant recidivism assessment.

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Descripteurs

CIRCULATION ROUTIERE; EXCES DE VITESSE; ANTECEDENT; LCR

Normes

LCR.17

Résumé

Confirmation de la pratique du SAN consistant à tenir compte d'un antécédent (en l'espèce retrait pour excès de vitesse) s'il s'est produit dans les deux ans précédant l'infraction (en l'espèce nouvel excès de vitesse de + 17 km/h donnant lieu à un retrait de permis d'un mois).

Keywords

road trafficspeedingrecidivismlicense withdrawaladministrative sanctionantecedent

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether a prior speeding-related withdrawal may be taken into account if it occurred within two years before the new offense.

Extracted holding

Yes. The authority may consider such an antecedent when assessing the sanction for the new speeding offense.

Extracted reasoning

The practice of SAN was confirmed: a prior offense is relevant for sanctioning purposes when it falls within the two-year period preceding the new infraction.

Key legal question

Whether the one-month license withdrawal for a new speeding offense of 17 km/h should be upheld.

Extracted holding

Yes. The one-month withdrawal was upheld.

Extracted reasoning

Given the new speeding offense and the relevant prior antecedent within two years, the sanction remained justified.

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