Traffic change the law to try to recover the full amount of fines

To accelerate the collection of fines and avoid the current payment of 40% of the sanctions. To undertake this task, the Government yesterday approved the draft amendments to the law on traffic, which was announced several months ago. One of the main developments in the text, which will have to go far by the parliamentary procedure is that the motorist who commits an offense will receive a single communication of the complaint, instead of three warnings, as was the case until now.

The deadlines for filing claims remain, but traffic Express aims to encourage payment, and this has set a deadline of 15 days during which the accused will have a discount of 40% of the amount of the penalty. Currently, the time required to receive prompt payment is 30 days, with a reduction of 30%. In cases where the offender pays neither this nor the claims procedure shall be terminated within a month and the sanction shall be final.

The draft also addresses the amount of fines. The mild, punishable by up to 90 euros, to spend 100; the grave, which accounted for between 91 and 300 euros, 200; and very serious, between 301 and 600 euros, 500 euros will. In addition, economic punishment may be increased up to 30% "by the existence of circumstances such as the potential danger created." In the case of excess speed, the penalty will depend on the miles on those exceeding the speed limit.

The increase in the number of complaints for which there was for and identifies the driver has been a handicap for the DGT, which now seeks to avoid the tricks used by motorists stricter punishment for the owner of the vehicle he was driving who does not communicate reliably in the moment in which the offense was committed. It is proposed in these cases the suspension of the registration certificate for one month.

The postal and publication of the allegations in the official gazettes are two major sources of expenditure for the administration. This is also wants to tackle. This "must allocate" a legal person holding a vehicle an "E-mail Vial" in which the fines will be notified. They may also have one of these addresses individuals who request it. The remaining drivers will continue to receive notices through the post office, but only once. It also created an online "bulletin board edictal of sanctions" which are issued fines of which has not been possible otherwise. Are now included in the official gazettes, which charge by inserting these warnings.