Text file: 8323.txt
author: Jani 40
downvotes: 3
end consideration date: 2017-06-17
id: '8323'
number comments: 8
number views: 2368
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response from the Ministry of Infrastructure\nThe rules for driving on\
  \ a directional carriageway with two or more marked lanes are laid down in Article\
  \ 38 of the Road Traffic Rules Act (Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia,\
  \ No 82/13 - official consolidated text and 68/16, hereinafter: ZPrCP). On a directional\
  \ carriageway with two or more marked lanes, the driver must drive in the centre\
  \ of the lane. In addition, Article 50 of the ZPrCP prohibits overtaking on the\
  \ right-hand side on the motorway. In both cases, the driver is liable to a fine\
  \ of EUR 120 in case of infringement. The driver's action as described in the proposal\
  \ is defined as an offence by the ZPrCP and, if found, will be sanctioned accordingly\
  \ by the police officers.\nThe Criminal Code (Official Journal of the Republic of\
  \ Slovenia, No 50/12, 6/16, 54/15 and 38/16) defines the offence of \"dangerous\
  \ driving in road traffic\" as the most serious violation of road traffic rules.\
  \ It is a criminal offence, inter alia, for the driver of a motor vehicle to cause\
  \ imminent danger to the life or body of any person in road traffic by driving insolently\
  \ or recklessly or by driving a motor vehicle which he is not entitled to drive,\
  \ and in doing so:\n disregarding the rules on overtaking, priority or safety distance,\
  \ or, on a road having two or more marked one-way lanes, driving on a carriageway\
  \ intended to be driven in the opposite direction, turning or reversing or attempting\
  \ to do so, or fails to adjust his/her speed on non-transparent stretches of road,\
  \ at junctions, in front of or near pedestrian crossings, cycle lanes or crossings,\
  \ crossings of a road over a railway line, shall be liable to a fine or to imprisonment\
  \ for a term not exceeding three years. \nWhoever commits such an act negligently\
  \ shall be liable to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.\
  \ This does not necessarily involve a traffic accident.\nIndividuals are obliged\
  \ to comply with the applicable law. However, in the event of detected infringements,\
  \ the offence authorities or the courts impose the prescribed sanctions (fines,\
  \ traffic penalty points, ban on driving) for less dangerous behaviour, which are\
  \ defined as misdemeanours, while the most serious road traffic offences are treated\
  \ as criminal offences, for which the court may impose a fine or imprisonment. We\
  \ do not consider that there is a need to change the existing regime, as the competent\
  \ authorities have effective means to impose sanctions or penalties, depending on\
  \ the seriousness of the traffic offence.\nWe are aware that traffic rules, as legal\
  \ norms, only achieve their purpose if they are respected by road users. In the\
  \ vast majority of cases, compliance with legal norms depends not only on the sanction\
  \ or penalty imposed, but also on a number of other factors (including the effectiveness\
  \ of enforcement).\n "
response date: 2017-07-19
response due date: null
sent date: 2017-05-19
title: Causing general danger on motorways
upvotes: 12
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/8323
