Facts
On 16 November 2008, two police officers on patrol on the A1 motorway observed that the appellant [X.] was following the vehicle in front of him with his passenger car at an insufficient distance. The High Court of the Canton of Aargau subsequently convicted [X.] on 2 June 2010 of a serious traffic violation (due to insufficient distance when following on the motorway) and violation of the Federal Road Traffic Act (for not carrying his driver's licence) and imposed a suspended fine and a fine.
Considerations
The appellant [X.] disputes the allegation of a serious traffic violation due to insufficient distance. He claims that the lower court violated the prohibition of arbitrariness and the principle "in dubio pro reo" in determining the distance and speed.
The Federal Court considers the lower court's findings of fact to be permissible. The police officers were able to reliably estimate the distance of 15 metres over a distance of 1300 metres on the motorway at an average speed of 100 km/h based on their training and professional experience, as well as the photograph. The determination of the speed by reading the speedometer of…