According to his own statement, he was on the run. In the summer of 2017, a Romanian thundered through the Gotthard tunnel. The then 27-year-old drove into the opposite lane nine times, overtaking other cars in front of him. Despite no overtaking and double safety line. For this, the man, who lives with his family in England, was tried before the district court in Ursern UR.
The verdict: Two years of conditional imprisonment and two years of probation. In addition, he should pay the procedural costs (4320 francs) and a fine (6000 francs), such asLucerne newspaper»Reported. But the Romanian did not agree with this and passed the judgment on to the higher court. After all, there was a good reason for the overtaking maneuvers.
The Romanian was afraid of the German chase car
A car with a German license plate had followed him, he claimed, and he had only tried to outrun his pursuers. It all started with the following situation. He himself was just overtaking when the German car wanted to pass. The Romanian could not clear the left lane immediately and this made the German driver and two co-drivers angry.
He was first slowed down and then pursued. The Romanian got scared and panicked. So the Romanian hit the gas to get to safety.
Monthly salary was set too high – fines reduced
For the higher court there was no doubt that the whole thing could have happened like this, but this is by no means a sufficient reason to overtake the Gotthard nine times. So the prison sentence remains. Nevertheless, the appointment has paid off for the Romanian. The fine was reduced. From 6000 to 1800 francs. The man only has a monthly income of around 900 pounds, the equivalent of just under 1,100 francs.
The lower court wrongly assumed that the man earns 900 pounds a week. The fine was set too high. If the Gotthard speedster does not pay the 1,800 francs, he has to go to jail for two months. The high court has withdrawn the two months from jail time. Instead of 24 months, the Romanian was sentenced to 22 months of conditional imprisonment, as the “Luzerner Zeitung” reported.
Most recently, Christian R. * made headlines for his odyssey through the Gotthard. The German raced through the tunnel in a BMW Z4 in 2014 and overtook ten cars at 200 km / h. He was sentenced to one year in prison by the Cantonal Court of Lugano TI. But at that time R. only had a tired smile left for the Swiss judiciary. “I’m not interested in the verdict!” He said to LOOK after the verdict. The authorities in Switzerland and Germany worked together. And finally the Gotthard speedster went to jail in Germany. (jmh)