Problematic aspects of administrative liability for violation of rules of road traffic
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https://doi.org/10.31548/law2020.03.013Abstract
The article explores the issue of administrative liability for pedestrian traffic violations. It has been found that road safety issues are of concern to everyone, as we are all road users, whether drivers, passengers or pedestrians. According to the World Health Organization, the number of road traffic fatalities is extremely high and is set at around 1.25 million per year, which is unacceptable. Moreover, most of all deaths are in middle- and low-income countries, including Ukraine. It is argued that, at present, the rules of the Code of Administrative Offenses relating to measures of liability for pedestrian traffic violations are essentially dead, which is explained by the use of only a preventive measure and a rather low amount of penalties for such offenses.
Administrative responsibility in the field of security is the responsibility of drivers of vehicles or other road users, including officials who are authorized to ensure the safe operation of roads and road structures, transport, operation of transport and roads, for violations of express traffic rules in the application to the perpetrators of administrative penalties in accordance with the grounds and in the manner prescribed by the rules of administrative law
This all contributes to the spread of mass offenses in the industry by the efforts of legislators to remedy this situation by amending the relevant Code of Conduct in order to increase accountability and thereby reduce pedestrians' attempts to take similar actions. It is emphasized that as of 2020, a mechanism for the effectiveness of administrative liability for violation of traffic rules by pedestrians has been worked out, in the form of a draft Law on Increasing Administrative Liability in this Field for such road users – as pedestrians.
Keywords: administrative responsibility, administrative liability for traffic violations, pedestrian, traffic, traffic accident
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