An alcohol lock for one year, three months driving ban, a fine of 2,560 euros and all driving exams again: that is the verdict in the Waes case. According to the Antwerp court, the punishment is in line with hundreds of similar cases. But how hard is this punishment really? Former police judge Peter Vandamme gives his unsalted opinion. “Doing the exams again, that is not to be underestimated.”

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