The House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina today adopted the Law on Punishment of reckless driving, and in order to start applying it in practice, it will need to be confirmed by the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Representative in the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly, Saša Magazinović, confirmed this information and stated that it is about measures such as heavy fines, long-term revocation of driver’s license and temporary and permanent confiscation of vehicles.
“There will be no more drug test refusals. The police will get powerful tools to keep potential killers behind the wheel off the road. When people elect you to Parliament, it’s like signing a social contract of trust with each of them that you will work in the best interest of society and the state. This law is in the best interest of society as a whole,” he said.
SDP parliamentarians Magazinović and Jasmin Imamović are the proponents of these amendments, which primarily imply the sanctioning of reckless, arrogant driving, which has not been the case so far.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the few countries where driving while suspended is not legally recognized.
With the proposed amendments to the Law, suspended driving is defined as “the behavior of the driver in gross violation of traffic rules, during which the driver shows no regard for traffic safety, that is, seriously impairs traffic safety.” Under suspended driving, if the amendments to the Law are adopted, it will be considered:
When a driver passes a lighted traffic sign (semaphore) two or more times within a 20-minute interval, when the traffic light prohibits him from passing;
Driving a vehicle in a settlement at a speed greater than 40 kilometers per hour (km/h) above the maximum permitted speed in a populated place or the maximum permitted speed defined by a traffic sign or general speed limit, i.e. outside the settlement at a speed greater than 60 km/h above the maximum permitted speed;
When a driver overtakes a column of vehicles, where his vehicle crosses or moves along the full longitudinal line that separates the traffic lanes of the road;
When the driver drives a vehicle with an alcohol concentration in the body of more than 1.50 per thousand or under the influence of narcotics or other psychoactive substances, it is written Klix.
