With his speech in the plenary of the House during the discussion of the new Road Traffic Code the Kyriakos Mitsotakis He is expected to give his mark on the issue of road safety and the reduction of traffic accidents that are central priorities of the government.
It is recalled that the first paper exercises for overall interfere with COKE They began shortly after the start of the second term of the government, during the days of the then Deputy Minister of Transport, Christina Alexopoulou. Interventions made her successor, Vassilis Economouwho actually completed the processing of the plan, while the latest touches were put by the current Deputy Minister of Transport, Konstantinos Kyranakis.
Two basic parameters of the new cock It is the rigor of recurrence in an offense, but also the punishment of the driver rather than the vehicle, as opposed to what is true to date. At the same time, the criminal framework is particularly tightened if one causes a deadly car accident, especially if it is found to have no diploma.
Based on the provisions of the new coke, if one exceeds the speed limit of 50 km. The first time will pay fine 700 € and his diploma is deducted for 60 days, and for the third time the fine will reach 2000 euros and the removal of a diploma of 2 years. For drivers who cause fatal traffic, the penalty can reach 10-20 years and if it is a multi-car accident, the life imprisonment.
New limits, fines on mobile
Concerning speed limits, Mr Kyranakis explained yesterday (SKAI) that after the new Code was voted on, municipalities would be called upon to draw up plans that would set out on what paths the boundaries will be at 30 km and to whom 50 or more. Based on the provisions of the new coke, the fines They will go to the driver’s wallet and will be allowed to be paid through e-banking in order to change the current regime that is particularly delayed by the performance of the fines, so many of them remain unpaid.
Out of Buses Taxis
With the changes made The use of mobile by drivers is particularly tightened, and a telephone confidentiality will be lifted in the event of an accident to determine whether the culprit driver used his phone at that time. To the taxi And despite the “stormy” reactions of the president of SATA, Thymiou LiberopoulosMr. Kiranakis did not “reverse” and did not incorporate the regulation to the new CC so that the taxis were freely circulated in the northern.
Taxis will only be able to get on boarding and landing passengers, with exceptions for disabled van. At the same time, hundreds of cameras will be placed in the Basin for the year to control traffic offenses, which will multiply and “cling” to the Central Information System of the Ministry of Transport that will be “in the air” by September.