Facts
By judgment of January 13, 2015, the Police Court of the district of La Broye and North Vaud found X. guilty of obstruction of measures to determine driving incapacity. The facts underlying this conviction are as follows:
On January 20, 2014, X. collided with a wild boar with his vehicle. Although he knew he had the obligation to notify the police, he first drank a 20 ml vial of Carmol containing 64% alcohol by volume, thus falsifying any subsequent control of his physical condition. He then threw the bottle out the window of his vehicle and then drove about a hundred meters before stopping his car.
By judgment of April 29, 2015, the Criminal Court of Appeal of the Vaud Cantonal Tribunal partially upheld X.'s appeal against this judgment, reducing the monetary penalty and the duration of the substitute custodial sentence.
X. filed a criminal appeal to the Federal Tribunal against the judgment of the Criminal Court of Appeal.
Considerations
The Federal Tribunal dismissed the appeal.
According to the Federal Tribunal, the objective and subjective constituent elements of the offense of obstruction of measures to determine driving incapacity are fulfilled. Indeed, the appellant could have expected an alcohol test following the accident, and his…