The driver stopped on the phone with 2.18 g of alcohol in his blood



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Friday, July 6 at noon, a gendarmerie patrol of Herault stopped a truck at Gigean, the driver being on the phone. They subjected him to a blood alcohol screening which revealed a rate of 2.18 grams of alcohol per liter of blood.

The legal limit allowed to drive is 0.5g / liter of alcohol in the blood (0.2g / liter of alcohol in the blood for probationary permits).

In a situation of recidivism, the driver, aged 41 and from Haute-Savoie, had a probationary license which gave him been withdrawn for at least six months. In addition, several offenses related to non-compliance with driving and rest periods were revealed by the examination of the tachograph disk, the informer of the heavyweight.

He came from Valencia

The driver, who came from Valence (Drôme) after unloading his truck, was to reach Saint-Martin-de-Crau, in the Bouches-du-Rhône, before returning home in Haute-Savoie.

He was sentenced this week by the correctional court of Montpellier to 10 months of imprisonment including 6 months closed accompanied by a stay with test, to the cancellation of his driving license with prohibition of the ironing for 18 months and the revocation of his stay of execution (4 months of imprisonment) pronounced by the court of Bonneville (Haute-Savoie) on February 13, 2017 for facts of the same nature.

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