For the same act, the road user is most often, and contrary to the common law offender, sanctioned by a prefectural sanction then judicial of his driving licence, by a fine, a loss of points and can even see his confiscated vehicle… This defendant, unlike any other, can thus be given a life sentence and in particular a driving ban for life.
Indeed, in the event of manslaughter committed with hit and run, and/or a manifestly deliberate violation of a particular obligation of prudence or security, and/or in a state of manifest drunkenness or under the influence of a alcoholic state, and/or having used narcotics, and/or without a licence, and/or exceeding the maximum authorized speed equal to or greater than 50 km/h, the driving license is automatically canceled with ban on applying for a new permit for up to ten years.
But in the event of a repeat offense (within 5 years), the duration of the ban is then automatically extended to ten years and the court may even, by specially reasoned decision, provide that this ban is final.