Stop red tape - to improve regulation
Dear Sir or Madam.
With the introduction of the so-called 'Quadruple Four' in 2011, we have four new sectoral laws regulating drivers, vehicles, roads and traffic rules. The Quartet replaced the supposedly outdated and ineffective laws on public roads and road safety. One of the new solutions brought by the Quartet concerns the definition of traffic regulations on roads reserved for motor vehicles.  Until the "quadruple four" came into force, roads marked with the road sign "road reserved for motor vehicles" (III-12) could only be used by motor vehicles which, according to the manufacturer's declaration, had a speed of more than 60 km/h.  After the introduction of the "quadruple four", the above-mentioned regulation applies only to the highest two categories of public roads, motorways and expressways (Article 30(1) of the Law on Traffic Rules). On all other lower categories of public roads, however, this sign indicates a traffic regime according to which these roads may be used by all motor vehicles, i.e. also by work machines, tractors, mopeds, motor cultivators, etc. The maximum speed limit on these roads is limited by a general speed limit of no more than 90 km/h (Article 46 of the Act on Traffic Rules). The same traffic sign (III-12) therefore establishes two completely different traffic regimes depending on the category of the public road on which the sign is placed. The unusual solution is further complicated by the III-75 traffic sign, which is used to inform drivers entering our country that the maximum speed limit on all Slovenian roads reserved for motor vehicles is 100 km/h or even 110 km/h, as indicated on the sign erected when entering our country (see attached pictures).
I wonder how much longer we are going to persist with controversial legal solutions?