A 29-year-old man has had his Danish drivers license rescinded for three and a half years after speeding on a Swiss motorway in January last year.
The man, from Denmark, was on his way home from a ski holiday in January 2025 when he was caught speeding on the A12 motorway in Switzerland, driving at 201 kilometres an hour in a 120 zone.
He was issued a fine of 2,017 Swiss francs, around 16,300 Danish kroner, and barred indefinitely from driving in Switzerland.
The Swiss authorities informed the Danish authorities, and the prosecuting authority in central and western Zealand demanded that the man lose the right to drive in Denmark as well, based on a rarely-used paragraph in Denmark's penal code.
The paragraph states that if you break a law in another country which would lead to losing your license in Denmark, then your license should also be withdrawn in Denmark.
On top of this, EU law states that as the man has had his drivers license rescinded in Denmark, he has also lost the right to drive in all other EU countries for the next three and a half years, until his drivers license is reinstated. Even after three and a half years he will still be barred from driving in Switzerland again.
If the man had been caught speeding in Denmark at the same speeds, it would have been classified as vanvidskørsel or reckless driving, and he would have paid a fine, lost his license and also had his car confiscated.