Text file: 8051.txt
author: benF86
downvotes: 11
end consideration date: 2017-02-07
id: '8051'
number comments: 9
number views: 4154
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response from the Ministry of Infrastructure\nThe provision of Article\
  \ 53(4) of the Road Traffic Rules Act (Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia\
  \ No 82/13 - official consolidated text and 68/16) allows the driver of a single-track\
  \ vehicle to pass a stopped vehicle or a column of vehicles on the right-hand side\
  \ at a reasonable speed and with due care, except where the vehicles in the column\
  \ have stopped before the junction.\nThe proposed provision, which would only allow\
  \ passing of two-track vehicles in cases where traffic is travelling at speeds of\
  \ up to 30 km/h, while drivers of single-track motor vehicles would be allowed to\
  \ drive at speeds of up to 15 km/h, would be almost impossible to control in practice,\
  \ but does not substantially deviate from the current regime.\nAs a general rule,\
  \ motor vehicles need a full-width traffic lane in order to participate safely in\
  \ traffic. Driving between stopped or slow-moving vehicles in the same traffic lane\
  \ may present a road safety risk which could lead to an accident. The proposed legislation\
  \ not only has advantages but also has a negative impact on road safety.\n \nSimilar\
  \ arrangements to those in Slovenia are in place in neighbouring countries.\nFor\
  \ the above reasons, the Ministry of Infrastructure does not support the proposed\
  \ amendments to the traffic rules.\n "
response date: 2017-03-20
response due date: null
sent date: 2017-01-09
title: Single-track motor vehicles &quot;filtering&quot; authorisation
upvotes: 18
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/8051
