Experts for traffic offenses and administrative measures

Lawyer for road traffic law

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SVG offenses & administrative measures

Our law firm, centrally located in Winterthur, specializes in road traffic offences and administrative measures. The specialized lawyers at our law firm have many years of experience in the legal field of road traffic law and administrative measures. Due to the focus of their work, our lawyers have already successfully conducted numerous SVG proceedings and have considerable expertise in road traffic law. Are you looking for a lawyer for road traffic law? For case inquiries from new clients, we first conduct an initial meeting. This costs a flat rate of CHF 330 and, together with the case inspection, takes about an hour. We look forward to receiving your appointment request.

Road traffic law & administrative measures

Where are we active?

The services of your lawyer for road traffic law & administrative measures include the following areas, among others:

All traffic offenses such as failure to control the vehicle・ speeding・ driving while unfit to drive・ driving while unfit to drive

All administrative measures such as driving license withdrawals・Driving aptitude tests・ Safety withdrawals ・ Conditions

Withdrawal of warning

Driving disqualification

The warning withdrawal is a driving disqualification (driving license withdrawal) for a certain period of time. For example, you will receive a warning if you cause a traffic accident or are clearly speeding.

You will receive a fine for particularly minor offenses (acts or violations) against road traffic regulations. There are no administrative measures for administrative fines.

In the case of more serious violations of road traffic regulations, you will receive an administrative penalty.

If you have already committed one or more offences against the road traffic regulations in the past, you must expect a stricter administrative measure. This so-called cascade system is prescribed in the Road Traffic Act.

Your lawyer for road traffic law will be happy to help you in the event of a warning revocation.

Fuse withdrawal

Fitness to drive assessment

A security withdrawal is a driving disqualification of indefinite duration. In contrast to the withdrawal of a warning, this is not intended to have any educational or preventive effect. Rather, it serves to protect road users from unsuitable drivers. If it is suspected that a person has limited or even no fitness to drive (e.g. due to physical or mental illness or addiction to alcohol, drugs or medication), the driver’s license will be withdrawn indefinitely as a precautionary measure.

In this case, the driving disqualification will only be lifted after the person concerned has been found fit to drive (and, if necessary, subject to conditions). As part of a traffic medical examination, an expert opinion is given from a medical perspective on the question of fitness to drive in various problem areas. In addition to assessing fitness to drive in connection with substance use (alcohol, drugs, medication), questions relating to internal, neurological and psychiatric problems are also assessed. Are you at risk of being deprived of security or has this already been ordered? Your road traffic lawyer will be happy to review your case for you.

Traffic offenses

& Road traffic accidents

The most common traffic offenses we are confronted with in everyday life include speeding, failing to keep a safe distance and driving while unfit to drive (alcohol, drugs, medication) or failing to control the vehicle, which is punishable if it is due to driver error. Our lawyers are also frequently confronted with cases of driving vehicles that are not roadworthy.

Regardless of the exact offense you are accused of: Your lawyer for road traffic law is there to advise you.

Via Sicura

and restorative measures

The number of deaths and injuries on the roads has fallen steadily in recent years. In 2019, there were fewer than 200 road deaths for the first time A total of 187 people lost their lives in road accidents and 3639 were seriously injured. These figures confirm the efforts made in recent years to increase road safety. The Via sicura road safety package aims to reduce the number of road casualties by a further quarter.

However, this goal goes hand in hand with restrictive application of the law and stricter prosecution, which is politically desirable. If in doubt, it is therefore worth booking an initial consultation with a road traffic lawyer.

Road traffic law & administrative measures

What we do for you

Road traffic law in accordance with the Road Traffic Act (SVG) and the associated administrative measures constitute public law. In addition to the correct establishment of the facts, this raises questions of proportionality in particular with regard to the balance between individual interests and the public interest in road safety.

In principle, the Swiss Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure apply to road traffic offenses (subject to special provisions of the SVG and the area of administrative fines). As an experienced criminal defense lawyer, your road traffic law attorney will ensure that you are also optimally represented and advised on criminal law aspects.

Classic legal practice

with the most modern means

For case inquiries from new clients, your road traffic lawyer will first conduct an initial consultation with you. This costs a flat rate of CHF 330 and, together with the case review, takes approximately one hour. The initial meeting can take place either on site in our office, by video call or by telephone.

At the initial meeting, we will discuss your concerns, will draw up the facts of the case with you and check your documents. You will then receive an initial legal assessment from us. We also discuss the next steps and provide you with recommendations for action. If it is necessary to engage a lawyer, we agree on the terms of the mandate, the underlying strategy, the goal to be achieved and the next steps.

Our successes

Cases - Case studies

We will be happy to explain what your road traffic lawyer can do for you based on successful case studies and in which areas we will be happy to support you competently, efficiently and confidently.

Sep. 2022- Administrative measures after rear-end collision

The client in this case was involved in an accident with several vehicles in which he was rear-ended, which was qualified as a gross traffic violation under administrative law. Due to his previous violations of the SVG, he would have been subject to a two-year ban under the so-called cascade model.

However, in the objection proceedings of our lawyer for road traffic law, it was argued that a measure pronounced in the last five years was pronounced as a so-called additional measure, which should not be taken into account for the cascade.

The Zurich Road Traffic Office ruled on this basis (contrary to the case law of the Federal Supreme Court, imposing a three-month driving disqualification instead of a two-year disqualification).

Nov 2021- Accusation of gross violation of traffic regulations due to not keeping the minimum distance

In the canton of Graubünden, our client was flagged down by a police officer outside his working hours for allegedly driving too fast, reported and then questioned.

The police officer then claimed to the public prosecutor’s office that our client had followed him for 14 kilometers at a distance of 4-6 meters out of town.

Our road traffic lawyer was able to show that the police officer’s testimony was neither credible nor believable. Accordingly, we obtained a complete acquittal for our client from the second instance (High Court of the Canton of Graubünden).

Details of the final judgment can be found here (click here)