Particularly strict framework for dealing with aggressive driving is established by the new Road Traffic Code, introducing heavy penalties for behaviours that endanger the safety of drivers and other road users.
The new regulatory framework for road traffic in our country has entered into force since September Its main objective is to reduce traffic accidents and improve the quality of transport. Road safety.
The strengthening of measures is considered necessary by the authorities, as Greece continues to record negative firsts at European level with regard to deadly Traffic, with statistics remaining constant worrying.
ARTICLE CONTINUES AFTER ADVERSION
In this context, the new KOK sets the focus on aggressive and very often dangerous driving behaviours, seeking to act as a deterrent for those who defy basic traffic rules.
One of these violations we often see on the streets, but it is often underestimated by many as we have some way «learn» Living with her is about dangerous maneuvers vehicles.
It is mainly about the continuous or abrupt strip rotation drivers attempting to bypass traffic, This practice not only dramatically increases the risk of an accident, but also causes chain reactions on the road, with abrupt braking and destabilising traffic.
ARTICLE CONTINUES AFTER ADVERSION
According to Article 25 of the new Protocol «Rules on vehicle manoeuvres», this practice is fully illegal with the penalty for continuous or intermittent manoeuvres that pose a risk to other road users to be classified in category E3-B and be punished with fine EUR 350, as well as removing the driving licence and traffic data for 30 days.
Even heavier are penalties for another offense that tend to have many who drive aggressively and It concerns driving for the purpose of demonstrating competence or impression, as well as participating in improvised matches.
For the so-called contrabands, the KOK explicitly states that drivers must double-think before proceeding with such actions, as the above practices fall within category E4, i.e. a fine of EUR 2,000; and removal of driving licenceFor one year.
ARTICLE CONTINUES AFTER ADVERSION
At the same time, this infringement is also subject to the recurrence regime. In particular, where the infringement is repeated within five years, the fine is increased to 4,000 euros and the withdrawal of a diploma is extended to two years, while a fine of 8,000 euros is provided for in the same period and the removal of the driving licence for four years.
Similar penalties are provided for by Article 23 of the EEC Treaty, which regulates the speed and distance of safety between vehicles.
In particular, and competition in speed with another vehicle on the road, even without the form of organised struggle, is in the sight of the new KOK, with this infringement being punished by a fine of 2,000 euros and a waiver of a diploma for a year, with the same escalating penalties in the event of a repetition of the infringement applicable to driving for demonstration or impression in case relapserod.
ARTICLE CONTINUES AFTER ADVERSION
Of course, participation in improvisational match by drivers who decide to make public roads their own track is severely punished and falls under category E4, which is also punishable here by a fine of EUR 2,000 and a deduction of the diploma for 1 year, with the corresponding penalties mentioned and above for possible recurrence.
At the same time, another infringement which is particularly harshly dealt with by the Communist Partyth driving over 200 km/h, which is punishable by a fine of EUR 2,000 and the removal of the driving licence for a whole year, And she lies in the law on relapses
Από τα παραπάνω προκύπτει ότι, στην πράξη, η επιθετική οδήγηση μπορεί να οδηγήσει σε total sanctions of several thousand euro. That's because a speeding driver carries out dangerous maneuvers and engages in informal street competition it may be punished simultaneously and cumulatively for multiple infringements, resulting in the imposition of particularly severe penalties.
Read more
ARTICLE CONTINUES AFTER ADVERSION
