Drunk drivers provide chaos on Coburg's streets!
Drunk drivers provide chaos on Coburg's streets!
In the night of June 19, 2025, there were several incidents in the Franconian region that made the police sweat. The cases of alcoholized road users who were either on pedelecs or e-scooters were particularly explosive. There is a need for clarification here, not only with a view to the case law, but also for safety in road traffic.
A particularly sensational incident occurred in Coburg. A 40-year-old man from Oberfüllbach was checked in Ketschendorfer Strasse around 3:00 a.m. The police found that he fluctuated heavily and almost fell from his pedelec. A alkotest carried out resulted in over 1.6 per thousand. The onward journey was prevented, the blood sample was not long in coming. It is currently still unclear whether this will result in legal consequences for the cyclist, but investigations into traffic in traffic have been initiated, as [Wiesentbote] reported.
drunkenness on the e-scooter: a wiry case
A 43-year-old e-scooter driver in Steinbach am Wald was less lucky. It was checked at 2:45 p.m. and could not show a driver's license. In addition, his e-scooter showed technical changes, which enabled it to a top speed of almost 55 km/h. Here, too, the suspicion of drug use was expressed. The blood sampling to clarify these allegations was carried out and the e-scooter was ensured. Investigations into various crimes and administrative offenses are underway, according to the reports of [meadow messenger].
If you think that the case is unique, you are mistaken. The legal framework for e-scooter drivers is currently hotly debated. According to [criminal rights wins.de], the minimum value for absolute inability to drive is with a blood alcohol concentration (BAK) of 1.1 per thousand. This means that e-scooter drivers are no longer considered to be traveling from a BAK of 1.1 ‰. This is crucial information for everyone who once thinking about nightlife on two -wheelers.
In addition, it is referred to the fact that, according to the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), not all regulations that apply to drivers also apply automatically to e-scooters. This brings with it a certain uncertainty, as the legal approaches of the BGH show that can be found on [anwalt.de]. An example illustrates this: A man was convicted of journeys with 0.7 and 1.1 per thousand on an e-scooter, whereby the prison sentence and the subsequent driver's license ban only apply under certain conditions.What happens in a traffic accident?
Especially in times when e-scooters serve as a popular means of transportation, it is relevant to deal with the legal aspects and the inability to drive. While a restriction of 1.6 per thousand applies to bicycles, the value of the value is still unclear for e-scooters. This uncertainty is questionable for many users in the region, considering that numerous police controls have already taken place. Another incident in Kulmbach shows that vehicles on the side of the road can also recover large risks. There, a 54-year-old woman caused an accident with over two per thousand, which anchored the dangers of alcohol in traffic.
Overall, it can be seen that the topic of drunkness in traffic, especially for e-scooters and pedelecs, has not yet been legally clarified. The police appeal to drivers, cyclists and e-scooter drivers to take responsibility for themselves and others. One could say that there is still a lot to work up - both legally and in terms of general traffic safety.
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