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New driving test ordered due to doubts about fitness to drive

VVGE 1971/75 Nr. 112Other CourtMar 16, 1971Confirmed

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The Government Council held that a new driving test is required under Art. 14(3) SVG whenever doubts arise as to a driver's suitability, especially as to driving skill and knowledge of traffic rules. Such doubts may rest on numerous prior offenses or on a single serious violation from which deficient driving knowledge can be inferred. The challenged order to undergo a new examination was therefore upheld.

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Art. 14 Abs. 3 SVG; ordering of a new driving test when fitness to drive is doubtful. A new examination is to be ordered whenever serious doubts exist regarding the driver's aptitude, particularly driving skill and knowledge of traffic rules. Such doubts may be grounded either in a pattern of numerous prior offenses or in a single grave infringement, provided it permits the inference of insufficient driving competence. The authority need not await further incidents where the existing record already justifies the conclusion that the driver may lack the requisite knowledge (consid. unspecified).

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Entscheidpublikation VVGE 1971/75 Nr. 112, S. 126:

Art. 14 Abs. 3 SVG.

Eine neue Führerprüfung ist anzuordnen, wenn Bedenken hinsichtlich der Eignung des Führers bestehen, namentlich in bezug auf Fahrfertigkeit und Kenntnis der Verkehrsregeln. Die Bedenken können sich entweder auf zahlreiche Vorstrafen oder aber nur auf eine einzelne schwere Widerhandlung stützen, woraus der Schluss auf mangelnde Fahrkenntnisse zu ziehen wäre.

Entscheid des Regierungsrates vom 16. März 1971 (Nr. 1442).

Keywords

driving fitnesstraffic rulesdriving testroad trafficadministrative measure

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Key legal question

Whether a new driving test may be ordered under Art. 14(3) SVG when there are doubts about a driver's fitness to drive.

Extracted holding

A new driving test must be ordered whenever there are doubts about the driver's fitness to drive, in particular regarding driving ability and knowledge of traffic rules.

Extracted reasoning

The doubts may be based either on numerous prior convictions or on a single serious traffic offense if it allows the inference that the driver lacks the necessary driving knowledge.

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