Drunk pedestrian loses driving license for causing road traffic accident

A Bialystok court punished a drunk pedestrian who caused a car accident by taking away his driving license for six years. The 49-year old man also received a suspended prison sentence. In February 2001, he suddenly stormed onto the street in front of an oncoming car, whose driver swerved to miss him and as a result crashed and suffered injuries. In the Podlaskie voivodship one in four car accidents this year were caused by the inappropriate actions of pedestrians. (Zycie, p. 5) T.J.