A person riding his bike banned for 15yrs ... for
colintrav
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A university student has been banned from riding his bike for a whopping 15 years after police caught him pedalling blind drunk through the streets of his home town of Gießen, Bild am Sonntag reported Sunday.
Christopher Hahn, 24, blew 0.17 percent blood alcohol – or 1.7 promille, more than three times the legal driving limit – after he attracted the attention of a police patrol while riding home from a party early one morning in June 2008.
Hahn was initially fined €500 by the district office of Gießen, in the state of Hesse. But the road traffic licensing department office in his town subsequently demanded he undergo a medical and psychological examination, which would have cost the student at least another €500.
When Hahn refused, he got a letter from the office telling him: “You are no longer entitled to ride any leg-powered vehicle on public streets.”
The letter went on to explain the ruling applied for 15 years. If Hahn wants to ride his bike before 2024, he must pay €25 each time, the ruling states.
Oddly enough, he is still permitted to ride a horse, the paper reported, though this is unlikely as he suffers an allergy to horse hair.
http://www.thelocal.de/society/20091129-23593.html
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A university student has been banned from riding his bike for a whopping 15 years after police caught him pedalling blind drunk through the streets of his home town of Gießen, Bild am Sonntag reported Sunday.
Christopher Hahn, 24, blew 0.17 percent blood alcohol – or 1.7 promille, more than three times the legal driving limit – after he attracted the attention of a police patrol while riding home from a party early one morning in June 2008.
Hahn was initially fined €500 by the district office of Gießen, in the state of Hesse. But the road traffic licensing department office in his town subsequently demanded he undergo a medical and psychological examination, which would have cost the student at least another €500.
When Hahn refused, he got a letter from the office telling him: “You are no longer entitled to ride any leg-powered vehicle on public streets.”
The letter went on to explain the ruling applied for 15 years. If Hahn wants to ride his bike before 2024, he must pay €25 each time, the ruling states.
Oddly enough, he is still permitted to ride a horse, the paper reported, though this is unlikely as he suffers an allergy to horse hair.
http://www.thelocal.de/society/20091129-23593.html
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colintrav wrote:Oddly enough, he is still permitted to ride a horse, the paper reported, though this is unlikely as he suffers an allergy to horse hair.
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ouch. thats the long arm of the law for you 0
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I saw the long arm of the law once.
Fortunately he was seen and prosecuted for exposure.0 -
ummm nioce. just what i wanted to know as i am eating my sauasages and mash for tea.0
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blimus!! :shock:
Are drunk drivers executed in Gießen?0 -
How would they police this ban????
I'd still go out on my bike - sod em - not as if it has a number plate or you need a license is it? Unless the local coppers recognise him...0 -
The Big Cheese wrote:How would they police this ban????
I'd still go out on my bike - sod em - not as if it has a number plate or you need a license is it? Unless the local coppers recognise him...
that was what i was thinking.
and if he only rode outside of his local police's jurisdiction what could they do?0 -
Nout i expect. I wonder if the law applies off road for him aswell. :?0
