It is the fight of hundreds of families. Change the law. So that the victims of the road have no longer died of a “manslaughter” When the driver takes the road under the influence of alcohol and narcotics. A legislative novelty carried by the relatives of Noah, who died at 16 in Antibes, struck by a driver who had consumed alcohol and cocaine.
Nitrogen oxide in aggravating circumstances
The principle? “Bring out of a trivialization of road crimes” out of a trivialization “explains Éric Pauget, rapporteur. For three years, this text has been a common thread of its mandate. The LR deputy for the seventh district of the Alpes-Maritimes recalls that it goes beyond the “Semantic change”: “We add alcohol to aggravating circumstances, the consumption of narcotics but also the refusals to comply, urban rodeos and psychoactive substances such as nitrogen oxide.” If a cylinder was discovered in the car that mortally struck this Thursday, June 26, two Var nurses on the A8 on Thursday, June 26, the investigation reveals that the deceased driver had consumed alcohol and cocaine. “Not a week ago when there is not a case in this way in France”, regrets Éric Pauget who awaits, like victims associations, this Tuesday, June 3.
One last step: the Senate must vote the text. “During his visit to the law committee, he was considered to be in conformity,” said the parliamentarian. If the upper room follows, it could be promulgated in the summer. The opportunity “to send a signal to the company during the big departures on vacation”.
Ten years in prison and 150,000 euros fine
However, the law will have no retroactive effect. The Drama of the A8 cannot be described as road homicide. But if the driver could be tried, it would be for manslaughter. It can be punished up to ten years’ imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros with two or more aggravating circumstances. As a reminder, the law creating road homicide does not change the quantum. “We are betting that with better qualification, the penalties will follow”, said the parliamentarian recalling: “Over the past ten years, the sentences pronounced in this type of business oscillate on average between 24 and 36 months.”
