Switzerland
Teacher drinks liters of champagne during class – and gets behind the wheel completely drunk
Before class and during breaks, a Swiss teacher drank several bottles of champagne – and then drove home in the car. Her erratic driving style led to a police stop.
Swiss police stopped her with over two per mille
At the time of the police stop she had already drunk two to three bottles of champagne. The breath alcohol test carried out on site came to the conclusion that the teacher had a blood alcohol level of 2.04. She also couldn’t show the police a driver’s license; she didn’t have it with her.
“Between lessons, during breaks, the accused consumed champagne, knowing that she would drive home after class,” says the penalty order issued against the Swiss music teacher. According to this, she stated that she had started drinking champagne at her home at 11 a.m. in the morning. She did this knowing that she would later drive her car to school and teach from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. She is said to have continued to drink during the breaks between lessons.
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Teacher has to pay a fine of over 10,000 euros
A fine of 7,200 francs (the equivalent of around 7,500 euros) has now been issued against the teacher. She will be fined a further 3,131 francs for not carrying her driving license as well as administrative fees.
Sources: “Aargauer Zeitung“,”T Online“
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