Question juridique clé
Whether the prior criminal judgment bound the administrative authority on the qualification of the conduct as a serious traffic violation
Solution extraite
The administrative authority was not bound, but in this case it could rely on the criminal findings and legal qualification because no grounds for departure existed.
Motifs extraits
To avoid contradictory decisions, the authority may deviate from criminal findings only in limited situations. Here, the appellant had accepted the criminal conviction for grossly violating traffic rules and could not later deny the dangerous braking maneuver.