Three-month licence withdrawal confirmed despite claimed professional need

ATA/15/1998Tribunal de Justiça / Câmara Administrativa13 de jan. de 1998Confirmed

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Resumo Omnilex

The court confirmed a three-month driving licence withdrawal. It found that the appellant's work as a restaurateur did not amount to a decisive professional need justifying a shorter measure. The court emphasized the previous one-month withdrawal, the bodily injuries caused to pedestrians, the gravity of the fault, and the danger involved. It further noted that the withdrawal did not prevent the appellant from continuing to work in the restaurateur profession.

Sumário Omnilex

Art. 16 al. 2 LCR; durée du retrait du permis et nécessité professionnelle déterminante: la conduite d’un véhicule n’est un besoin professionnel déterminant que de manière restrictive selon la jurisprudence. Un retrait de permis peut être maintenu à trois mois lorsque l’auteur présente des antécédents pertinents, a causé des lésions corporelles à des piétons et n’établit pas un besoin professionnel qualifié. Le simple fait que la conduite facilite l’exercice d’une activité de restaurateur ne suffit pas, dès lors que la mesure n’interdit pas en soi l’exercice de la profession (consid. non précisé).

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Descripteurs

AA; ANTECEDENT; NECESSITE; PROFESSION; PIETON; RETRAIT DE PERMIS; DUREE; CONSTATATION DES FAITS; GRAVITE DE LA FAUTE; INFRACTION DE MISE EN DANGER; MAITRISE DU VEHICULE; RECIDIVE(INFRACTION); PERMIS DE CONDUIRE; ASSURANCE SOCIALE; LCR

Normes

LCR.16 al.2

Résumé

Confirmation d'un retrait de 3 mois vu le précédent retrait d'un mois, les lésions corporelles simples infligées à des piétons et l'absence de besoins professionnels. En effet, le Tribunal relève que ce retrait n'interdit pas l'exercice de la profession de restaurateur. La conduite d'un véhicule, dans l'exercice de la profession de restaurateur, ne constitue pas un besoin professionnel déterminant, au sens où l'entend la jurisprudence.

Palavras-chave

driving licenceprofessional necessityrecidivismtraffic safetypedestrian injurymeasure durationfault seriousness

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Questões jurídicas principais extraídas pela Omnilex

Questão jurídica principal

Whether a three-month driving licence withdrawal was justified under Art. 16(2) LCR despite the driver's claim of professional necessity as a restaurateur.

Decisão extraída

The withdrawal was confirmed. The court held that driving in the exercise of a restaurateur's profession is not a determining professional need within the meaning of the case law, and the earlier withdrawal, the injuries to pedestrians, and the seriousness of the fault justified the duration.

Fundamentação extraída

The court relied on the previous one-month withdrawal, the bodily injuries caused to pedestrians, the danger created, and the lack of a qualifying professional need. It also noted that the licence withdrawal did not prevent the practice of the restaurateur profession.

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