Question juridique clé
Whether the 12-month driving licence withdrawal had to be reduced to 6 months despite a serious speeding offence and a prior serious violation.
Solution extraite
No. A speed excess of 31 km/h outside localities is a serious offence, and because it occurred within five years of a previous serious withdrawal, the statutory minimum withdrawal is 12 months.
Motifs extraits
The excess speed was undisputed. Under settled case law, driving 30 km/h or more too fast outside localities constitutes a serious case regardless of favourable traffic conditions or good driving reputation. The appellant's professional need to drive could not justify going below the statutory minimum.