French drunk driver ends up in Shanghai slammer
A note to foreign drivers in China, just because you’re foreign, doesnt mean the police wont dish out some judicial treatment to you!
Eastern China’s municipality of Shanghai has handed down its first ever punishment for a foreign driver who committed a drink driving offence that killed one person.
A Frenchman, named Ian, who is without a Chinese driver’s license, received an eight-month prison sentence and an overall fine of 500,000 yuan, at the trial held at the Second Intermediate People’s Court of Shanghai, China News Service reported.
Investigations showed that in the early hours of June 2 the intoxicated man was riding an unregistered motorbike when he collided with two locals riding bicycles, causing the death of one.
Ian was prosecuted in August and reached an agreement with the relatives of the dead person over compensation on the basis of China’s laws and standards for personal injury and death.
According to further internet research, ‘Ian’ had a few beers over dinner, took a cab to get his bike, then rode his motorbike (whilst intoxicated) down a smaller street knocking two cyclists down (a male and female). The female sadly died a few days later in hospital, but the man only suffered minor concussions.
China Car Times readers will do well to stay away from the booze whilst driving over the next coming month, especially with Chinese New Year coming up, otherwise you might just find yourself in the clink.
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“Ian” isn’t a French name. I believe the guy’s real name is Yann (short for “Yannick”) which has the same pronounciation.
That exactly what I thought, I wondered if he was an odd Welsh French man.
When I was in China people at night we would see Chinese dressed in dark clothes and walking in the middle of dark streets. It was bizarre. We called them “the Shadow People.”
Many things in China seem to make no sense.
When I was in China, at night we would see Chinese dressed in dark clothes and walking in the middle of dark streets. It was bizarre. We called them “the Shadow People.”
Many things in China seem to make no sense.
As opposed to Chinese drunk drivers, who are not prosecuted.