Driving while disqualified as learner-driver accompanier

ATA/653/1998Cour de justice / Chambre administrative13 oct. 1998Confirmed

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Résumé Omnilex

The court confirmed a six-month driving-license withdrawal against a motorist who, while under withdrawal, acted as accompanier of a learner driver. It held that he should have checked with the motor vehicle service when the first withdrawal began, because the notification did not expressly state the starting date. The appellant could not rely on excusable legal error. The sanction also reflected that he had failed to display the learner-driver 'L' sign and had not verified whether the learner needed glasses or contact lenses.

Regeste Omnilex

Art. 15 al. 2 LCR; learner-driver accompaniment by a person subject to license withdrawal; legal error. A motorist whose license is withdrawn is not entitled to act as accompanier of a learner driver. Where the starting date of the withdrawal is not expressly indicated in the notice, the addressee must ascertain it from the competent motor vehicle authority; failure to do so excludes excusable legal error. In assessing the measure, additional breaches of learner-driver requirements may be taken into account, such as omission of the 'L' sign and failure to verify the learner's visual-aid obligation.

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Descripteurs

CIRCULATION ROUTIERE; CIRCULATION SANS PERMIS DE CONDUIRE; INFRACTION; ELEVE CONDUCTEUR; MONITEUR DE CONDUITE; PRINCIPE JURIDIQUE; NORME; ERREUR DE DROIT(EN GENERAL); LCR

Normes

LCR.15 al.2

Résumé

Confirmation d'un retrait de permis de six mois condamnant un automobiliste sous retrait fonctionnant en qualité d'accompagnateur d'un élève-conducteur. Dans un tel cas, l'erreur de droit ne peut être admise. La sanction tient compte du fait que le recourant avait également négligé de placer la plaque "L" à l'arrière de son véhicule et n'avait pas vérifié que l'élève devait porter des lunettes ou des verres de contact. Confirmation d'un retrait de permis de six mois sanctionnant un automobiliste sous retrait ayant accompagné un élève-conducteur. En l'absence d'indication expresse à ce sujet dans la lettre fixant la date du début de la première mesure de retrait, l'automobiliste condamné aurait dû se renseigner auprès du service des automobiles et de la navigation. Dans un tel cas, l'erreur de droit ne peut être admise.

Mots-clés

road trafficdriver's license withdrawallearner driverlegal erroraccompanying driveradministrative sanction

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Question juridique clé

Whether a driver under a license withdrawal may lawfully act as accompanier of a learner driver under Art. 15 para. 2 LCR.

Solution extraite

No. A person whose license is withdrawn cannot validly serve as learner-driver accompanier; the withdrawal is confirmed.

Motifs extraits

The appellant should have inquired with the motor vehicle service about the beginning of the prior withdrawal, as the start date was not expressly indicated in the notification. His conduct therefore could not be excused by legal error.

Question juridique clé

Whether the appellant's legal error was excusable.

Solution extraite

No. The error of law could not be accepted in the circumstances.

Motifs extraits

Given the absence of an express indication and the appellant's duty to verify his status, the mistake was avoidable and not excusable.

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