Facts
The appellant [X.] was convicted by the Cantonal Court of Appenzell I.Rh. for failure to control the vehicle and sentenced to a fine of CHF 300.--. The accident occurred on January 13, 2012, when [X.] was driving his car on the snow-covered Gaiserstrasse in the direction of Gais and collided head-on with the rear of a truck that was turning from a side road into the Gaiserstrasse. The truck driver had not stopped before turning.
[X.] appealed the judgment and requested its annulment and an acquittal. He argued that the truck driver had violated traffic rules and that he, [X.] , could not have expected the truck driver to turn into the Gaiserstrasse due to the principle of trust.
Considerations
The FSCA dismissed the appeal. It found that the appellant had not adjusted the speed of his vehicle to the circumstances and that he could have avoided the accident with an earlier braking reaction or a lower speed. The court ruled that the appellant could not invoke the principle of trust, as he himself had violated traffic rules.
The court also rejected the complaint of a violation of the principle of equal treatment and the prohibition of arbitrariness, as the appellant did not demonstrate how the lower court had based its decision on an…