Because he was caught on the bike with 2.7 per mille of alcohol in his blood, a young Oberdinger has to pay a fine and forfeit his driver's license for five months.
Oberding / Erding
- To be known by the police is not a good thing.
A 21-year-old Oberdinger found this out in June on the street or now in front of the Erding district court.
He was fined for riding his bike while drunk.
The Oberdinger cycled through Erding on June 30th at around 5 p.m.
A police patrol drove past him on Freisinger Strasse.
The 21-year-old's past was fatal.
One of the policemen recognized the man from a previous drug possession trial and decided to subject the cyclist to a traffic control.
The patrol car stopped the Oberdinger.
“He wasn't conspicuous.
He didn’t run any serpentine lines or anything, “said the police officer who was summoned as a witness.
"We only noticed during the check-up that he was drunk." A full 2.7 per thousand alcohol was found in the subsequent blood test in the hospital.
"You wouldn't have checked him at all if you hadn't known him, would you?", Lawyer Martin Paringer wanted to know.
"Probably not," the policeman admitted.
But then there was not much need for discussion.
The 21-year-old confessed the act in full.
He was drunk because a good guy had a birthday.
At the time, he hadn't had a drink for several months, so the whole thing “unfortunately degenerated”.
He has not had a sip of alcohol since the inspection, also because he has been preparing for the MPU since an earlier conviction.
It was not clear to him that cycling under the influence of alcohol is prohibited.
For the defendant spoke the confession and the remorse he showed.
Prosecutor Antja Groenewald noted that he has learned from his previous convictions, that he is preparing for the MPU and that he is improving.
She demanded a fine of 70 daily rates of 25 euros each and a five-month driving ban.
Judge Michaela Wawerla finally imposed a fine of 50 daily rates.
She followed the prosecution on the daily rate and the driving ban.
If there had been no previous convictions, the case would probably not have been opened so elaborately, Wawerla also admitted in her reasoning for the verdict.
She did not consider a higher punishment to be necessary: "Drunk on a bike you essentially endanger yourself-"
Finally, defense attorney Paringer wanted to know how the driving ban works.
At the moment, his client doesn't have a driver's license to hand in.
"Five months from legal force," said the judge.
The driver's license office finally knows that the accused currently does not have a driver's license.
Mayl's Majurani
