Can you get drunk while driving a stationary car? A Russian still convicted in Monaco
Can you drink alcohol in your stationary vehicle? Certainly ! But be careful! Even at the stage of immobility, one should not exceed the permissible rate.
More clearly, the concentration of alcohol in the exhaled air must not be equal to or greater than 0.40 milligrams per liter if one is checked later by an officer or judicial police officer with a breathalyzer. You are then considered to be in violation for driving under the influence of an alcoholic state.
A cocktail on the Place du Casino
This is a point disputed before the Criminal Court of Monaco by a lawyer from Nice, counsel for a masonry contractor from Moscow who was absent at the hearing.
The interposition of a person allowed the defendant to boast of an obvious decision to release him for an unfounded reproached drunkenness. Without success ! By contradictory judgment, the defendant was sentenced to fifteen days of suspended imprisonment and a fine of 5,000 euros (firm).
The facts date back to August 22. Around 9:25 p.m., on the Place du Casino, a valet informs the security services that a vehicle is blocking traffic. The police intervene and find the Muscovite sitting in his Mercedes, stopped in front of the Casino, sipping a limoncello cocktail.
Drunkenness is manifest (the behavior). At the time of the test in police custody, his blood alcohol level showed 0.78 mg / l on the breathalyzer.
Already convicted of involuntary injuries
“He had spent the evening in a restaurant in Beaulieu, recalls the president Jérôme Fougeras Lavergnolle (assessors: Morgan Raymond and Virginie Hoflack., editor’s note). He had drunk two glasses of rosé. Arrived in Monte-Carlo by the Basse-Corniche, he parked in front of the palace to enjoy the two cups based on ice cream and lemon alcohol offered by an establishment in Beaulieu. The Russian national disputed the rate and drunkenness, then refused to sign the minutes. He had previously been convicted of unintentional injury while driving while intoxicated.”
The replacement Emmanuelle Carniello comes to weigh down the case by demonstrating a body of evidence. “Does this individual have to be able to drive after two or three drinks? From three we are already in violation! And according to his statements, he had still consumed alcohol in his vehicle. were arrested, the engine was still running. He was driving on the track and he was driving his vehicle even though he was in front of the Casino. The drunkenness and his conviction color this file.
The prosecutor insists on sanctioning this perfect dangerousness and requires one month’s imprisonment which may be suspended. The court, by revising the requisitions of the public prosecutor, demonstrated in its own way its understanding…