Can I lose my driver's license as a pedestrian?
When you are in public traffic, you must not endanger anyone. This requirement applies to motorists, cyclists, but also to pedestrians. Even if you are out on foot, you will impair road safety if you are drunk or behave in a rowdy manner. In extreme cases, you can even lose your driver's license.
That only motorists can driver's license have to give up is a misconception. Word has got around that cyclists too have to fear losing their driving license. But even as a pedestrian you face hardship. The starting point is that your suitability for participation in road traffic is questioned. This is to be expected if you reveal yourself to be a drinker.
Participation in road traffic requires your personal aptitude
- It is true that it is a real exception for a pedestrian to have his driver's license withdrawn. The prerequisite is, of course, that you have one at all. If you have a driver's license, it can be assumed that you will use it and as a driver Road traffic take part. You have a special responsibility.
- According to § 2 para. IV StVG, you appear to be suitable for driving motor vehicles only if you have the "necessary physical and mental skills." Fulfill requirements and do not significantly or not repeatedly violate traffic regulations or criminal laws have violated ". If you go through the red traffic light while drunk and cause a traffic accident, you set the first milestone. If you appear repeatedly, justify doubts in the sense of the cited provision.
Even as a pedestrian you are threatened by the MPU
- The police are obliged to inform the road traffic authorities of any doubts that arise about your marketability (Section 2 Para. VII StVG). The road traffic authority can then order a medical-psychological examination if there are concerns about the suitability and qualification of a road user (MPU). If it is then found that you drink regularly and as a result become suspicious in traffic, you face the risk of your driving license being withdrawn.
- In one case by the Mainz Administrative Court (Az. 3 L 823/12), the rioting visitor to a folk festival had his driver's license withdrawn. It had become noticeable at 3.0 per mil. With this he revealed that he obviously had a pronounced drinking problem. In order to check its suitability for participation in road traffic, the MPU was ordered for preventive reasons. At such an alcohol level, it is regularly assumed that alcoholism is present.
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Even driving license applicants are not allowed to have a conspicuous past
- Even if you apply for a driver's license, the road traffic authority can order an MPU. The prerequisite is that there are doubts about your suitability (§ 2 VIII StVG). If you became suspicious as a young person, the driver's license could remain a utopia.
- Their suitability is not only questionable in the case of alcohol-related abnormalities. The risk also exists if you have appeared in a different way. Example: You have repeatedly lifted manhole covers. Then you revealed that you do not take your responsibilities as a road user seriously.
So you should feel your responsibility for the pedestrian as well safety be aware of road traffic. If you wander the streets drunk, you run the risk of throwing bystanders into one accident to pull in. You also endanger yourself. This is especially true if you are also traveling by car.
