Court orders driver to pay 1.5 million kronur for eight offences

Reykjavik District Court has ordered a man to pay a fine of 1.5 million kronur for eight traffic offences, mbl.is reported. He drove a car six times while disqualified, including twice under the influence of alcohol, and operated a small vehicle under the influence on two occasions.

The man was also disqualified from driving for five years from 12 November 2028. The judgment was delivered on 5 November.

Police stopped him on Fjarðarhraun in Hafnarfjörður on 17 January. He was disqualified from driving, and his blood alcohol level was measured at 1.73 per mille. Six days later, police stopped him again on Hólshraun in Hafnarfjörður. His blood alcohol level was 1.21 per mille.

He also drove while disqualified on Hólshraun and Hraunbrún in April, on Miklabraut in May and on Borgartún in June. A traffic accident occurred during the June incident, but the charge in that case concerned driving while disqualified.

The man was also convicted of operating a small vehicle under the influence of alcohol on Grandagarður and Tryggvagata in Reykjavík. His blood alcohol levels were 1.45 per mille and 1.84 per mille, respectively.

He did not attend when the case was formally brought before the court and had not given notice that he would be absent, despite having been served with the indictment and summons. The summons warned that the court could deliver its judgment in his absence. The court found the offences proven on the basis of the investigation records.

His criminal record showed that he had previously been fined for drink-driving in November 2025. The court therefore treated this as his second drink-driving offence within the statutory repeat-offence period. He must pay the fine within four weeks of the judgment being published or serve 48 days in prison. He must also pay 228,480 kronur in legal costs.