Art. 12 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation provides for liability for committing offenses in the field of road traffic

The damage from accidents on the road (hereinafter - the road accident) is measured every year by huge amounts. The main causes of accidents are the failure of road users to adhere to established rules, regulating it.

The concept of administrative offenses

Art. 12 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation is devoted to administrative violations in the field of traffic on roads. It contains thirty-seven sub-items. According to them, vehicle managers (hereinafter - TS) can be held accountable for various actions. What specific administrative offenses in the field of traffic is called an article? What can be responsible for?

• For the management of an unregistered vehicle.
• For driving without the relevant documents on the car.
• When driving a faulty vehicle.
• Control in a state of intoxication.
• Exceeding the speed of movement.
• Vehicle management without driver's license.

For these and many other violations mentioned in Art. 12 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, there are punishments in the form of fines, the amount of which reaches several thousand rubles. It is also possible to deprive the driving license of the vehicle for a certain period of time.

Traffic offense

The Code of Administrative Offenses defines that a road traffic offense is a socially harmful, unlawful, guilty action (inaction), which creates a threat to the health and safety of people, damage to vehicles.

As for the harm that can be caused, it is implied that it arises in traffic on vehicles. The latter are recognized as sources creating an increased danger, their management should be carried out only after appropriate training and obtaining the necessary driving skills.

Composition of offenses

What is the object of the above offenses? Safe traffic, operation of the vehicle (their accident-free operation). The driver, having left on road on the faulty or not completely equipped car, puts in danger of people surrounding him and other motorists. The latter can cause physical or material harm. Therefore, Art. 12 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation prohibits driving on a technically undefended or faulty vehicle.

From the objective side, the offenses are characterized by the presence only of unlawful acts of citizens against the Rules of the Road, operating defective cars, carrying goods without proper registration and fixing.

Under administrative responsibility, citizens who have reached the established age (16-18 years), officials, legal persons fall. A special subject is a driver driving a vehicle, an animal driver. It does not matter whether he has the right to manage the vehicle. To bring to responsibility under Art. 12 The Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation is possible if the person personally controlled the vehicle or was in the place of an instructor-driver.

Special subjects

Special attention should be paid to those who serve in the army, employees of law enforcement agencies and other law enforcement agencies. In the legislative acts regulating the procedure for their passage of service in these bodies, it is indicated that they are not brought to administrative responsibility except for violation of the Rules of the Road. Then they are no different from ordinary citizens.

But not only drivers of vehicles can be held accountable for traffic violations. Those who do not have a personal car, or travel in it only as passengers, are equally equal participants.