Facts
By order dated April 25, 2012, the Road Traffic Office of the Canton of Thurgau provisionally revoked X.'s driver's license for an indefinite period, as he was allegedly involved in a car race on April 22, 2012. On May 16, 2013, X. was caught driving a motor vehicle despite the revocation of his driver's license. Consequently, the Road Traffic Office revoked X.'s driver's license for 12 months.
X. filed a complaint against the 12-month revocation of his driver's license. He argued that the precautionary suspension of April 25, 2012 was unjustified and that the subsequent warning revocation from April 22 to August 21, 2012 had already been served. Therefore, the offense of driving despite revocation of the driver's license was not fulfilled.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court dismissed the complaint. It stated that the precautionary suspension of April 25, 2012 was lawful, as there were indications of doubts about X.'s fitness to drive. This suspension was still binding at the time of the offense on May 16, 2013, regardless of whether a warning revocation was later ordered.
Furthermore, the cascade system of minimum revocation…