Aori Driving To change the law to define and penalize Penal imprisonment and revocation of license at 10:22 on December 6
In response to a series of dangerous tilting operations, the National Police Agency has decided to revise the Road Traffic Law to punish the tilting operation itself. It is expected that penalties such as imprisonment will be established and the license can be revoked.
In August, however, there were a series of malicious drivings, such as a man being arrested on the Tokiwa Expressway in Ibaraki Prefecture for driving a car and hitting the other man's face for injury. Under the Road Traffic Law, there is no definition of driving, and the police are cracking down on violations such as not taking proper distance between cars.
The National Police Agency
▽ If you have committed acts that may cause danger due to certain violations in order to prevent traffic,
▽ It is a policy to define penalties such as imprisonment when other cars are stopped by such actions.
We will consider the details of the violation in the future.
▽ Changing courses that hinder driving of the following cars,
▽ It is assumed that the distance between cars will be extremely narrow.
Furthermore, as with drunk driving, it is expected that the driver's license will be subject to revocation if administrative driving is performed.
The National Police Agency has decided to submit a revised road traffic law to the ordinary Diet at the beginning of the year.
Expert “What is important is the effectiveness of enforcement”
Prof. Toshi Sonoda of the law school of Konan University about strengthening penalties by defining the definition of tilt driving by law I think it ’s too far away, and if you define the way you drive, you ’ll have a clear legal relationship and it ’s easy for the general public to understand. ”
On top of that, he says, “Revising the law to raise public awareness has the effect of reducing violations, but the most important thing is the effectiveness of enforcement, and that makes the legal revision meaningful.” .
One after another driving "need to define and punish"
This time, the National Police Agency started to consider strict driving punishment. In August, the man who drove on Joban Expressway struck the face of the other man and injured him. It was an arrested case.
There is no provision in the current road traffic law to punish the tilting operation itself.
▽ "Injury"
▽ Arrested on suspicion of "extortion" that forcedly stopped a male car on the highway.
In September, on the Tomei Expressway in Aichi Prefecture, a man was arrested on the suspicion of property damage for driving a car running ahead and firing something like an air gun.
The National Police Agency has determined that it is necessary to define and punish drivers for severely cracking down on malicious drivers, and has been proceeding with a review of the law.