Photo: Tanjug/Miloš MilivojevićThe new law on traffic safety has entered into force. New rules for driving electric scooters also apply from today
From today, negligent drivers can lose their cars. The new Law on Traffic Safety has entered into force.
In addition to the new rules prescribing that negligent drivers can lose their cars, it is now allowed for very young drivers to be behind the wheel of trucks, and the use of electric scooters has also been regulated and will now be recognized by law.
Seizure of the vehicle
For the first time, the law allows the vehicle to be confiscated from the owner until a final judgment, but also permanently.
The law foresees 18 cases when it is possible:
Retired professor of the Faculty of Traffic Milan Vujanić believes that this is a solution that can produce results.
"The mentality of people from our area should also be taken into account. For them, the worst thing that can happen to them is that someone prevents them from driving their car, their 'pet'. It hits them harder than any fine. It should be borne in mind that punishments should act both preventively and repressively," said Vujanić.
The vehicle confiscation procedure is simple. When a traffic policeman stops a driver who has committed one of the most serious violations, he can check the misdemeanor record to see if he was previously punished for the most serious violations. If the violator has been convicted twice for one of the 18 serious offenses on the list, the police officer immediately confiscates his vehicle and gives him a certificate of temporarily confiscated items.
Scooters on the trails
When it comes to the use of electric scooters, the main change relates to the mandatory cycling path. In the absence of them, they can move on parts of the road where the speed limit is up to 50 km per hour. In conditions of reduced visibility or at night, the scooter must be illuminated, and the driver must wear a reflective vest.
According to the new law that came into effect, electric scooters are a light electric vehicle with at least two wheels, mechanical steering, without a seat, whose electric motor power does not exceed 0,6 kilowatts.
Their speed does not exceed 25 km per hour, and the weight of the empty vehicle is a maximum of 35 kilograms.
Children under the age of 14 may not drive an electric scooter, and all minor drivers must have a protective helmet and may only enter the roadway in sections where the speed limit is up to 30 km per hour.
Right behind the wheel of a truck
Due to the lack of drivers, the age limit for obtaining a license for categories C and D, i.e. trucks and buses, has been lowered. This was forced by the departure of a large number of drivers to work abroad, but also by the harmonization of regulations with most countries of the European Union.
According to the new regulations, you can get behind the wheel of a truck at the age of 18, and at the age of 21 to drive a bus.
Until now, only drivers who had a C1 license (trucks from 3,5 to 7,5 tons) for at least two years could get a license to drive buses.
Previously, drivers had to first pass for category B (cars), pass a probationary license period (one year for high school students studying to be drivers and two or more years for others), then pass for category C and only after two get the opportunity to drive a bus.
Now they will be able to apply for a driving license for trucks and buses already with a test driver's license for a car.
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