License withdrawal confirmed for failing to avoid pedestrian

ATA/616/1997Corte di giustizia / Camera amministrativa7 ott 1997Confirmed

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Sintesi Omnilex

A motorcyclist challenged a two-month license withdrawal after striking a pedestrian who was crossing on a pedestrian crossing. The appeal court confirmed the measure, holding that the rider had not taken all necessary precautions to avoid the collision. Good prior conduct and the limited seriousness of the accident did not outweigh the failure to keep continuous attention on the danger while impact remained possible.

Massima Omnilex

LCR 16 para. 2; withdrawal of driving license for failure to avoid a pedestrian on a crossing; the sanction is upheld where the driver did not take all measures required by the circumstances and did not maintain uninterrupted attention to the hazard as long as a collision could still be averted. A limited gravity of the accident, an initial braking reaction, or otherwise favorable antecedents do not by themselves justify mitigation where the breach of caution remains decisive.

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Descripteurs

CAS BENIN; PIETON; MOTOCYCLETTE; PERMIS DE CONDUIRE; PASSAGE POUR PIETONS; RETRAIT DE PERMIS; DUREE; LCR

Normes

LCR.16 al.2

Résumé

Confirmation d'un retrait de 2 mois, en dépit de bons antécédents, faute pour un conducteur de motocycle d'avoir pris toutes les mesures pour éviter un piéton qui traversait la chaussée sur un passage de sécurité. Le fait que l'accident devait être considéré comme étant de peu de gravité et que le motocycliste ait freiné dans un premier temps ne peut être retenu comme circonstance atténuante, celui-ci n'ayant pas voué toute son attention à ce danger tout le temps qu'une collision était possible.

Parole chiave

driving license withdrawalpedestrian crossingmotorcycletraffic safetyattention dutymitigationpedestrianroad accident

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Questioni giuridiche chiave estratte da Omnilex

Questione giuridica chiave

Whether the two-month driving license withdrawal for failing to avoid a pedestrian on a crossing should be upheld.

Decisione estratta

Yes. The withdrawal was confirmed because the motorcyclist did not take all measures required to avoid the pedestrian and did not maintain full attention to the danger while a collision remained possible.

Motivazione estratta

The court held that the accident, though of limited gravity and despite an initial braking reaction, did not justify mitigation. The decisive point was that the rider had not continuously focused on the hazard for as long as a collision could still be prevented.

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