Legal Basis for the Prevention of Crimes in the Field of Road Safety

The article reveals the legal basis for the prevention of road accidents. The established rules and legal norms that all drivers of the vehicle are required to comply with are analyzed. The problems of compliance with the safety rules on the country's roads and the contribution of everyone to this process are investigated. The author emphasizes the need for various measures to ensure road safety, the tasks and principles of ensuring road safety are voiced. The author draws the main attention to the fact that only compliance with the rules of road safety, enshrined in the legislation, can protect road users from accidents, prevent serious consequences for them. The author believes that the concern for the safety of citizens on the roads should take place in different directions: - effective prevention of children's road traffic injuries; - improvement of engineering, technical, organizational and legal conditions for reducing the severity of the consequences of road accidents; - improvement of the road accident prevention system; - search for effective methods of propaganda on the problems of compliance with traffic rules. The author calls for the implementation of the tasks of the security service to improve the professional skills of drivers and instill in them a sense of responsibility for ensuring the safety of transportation. Improving road safety is possible with the application of various measures, such as special control over driving under the influence of alcohol, stricter requirements for obtaining a driver's license, checks to control the presence and use of seat belts, improving the provision of emergency medical care, improving road infrastructure. The author believes that one of the priority tasks is to familiarize children with the rules of the road, to convey to them the fact that a huge number of people, including children, die in road accidents, because modern transport is a high-risk zone and it is necessary to know and follow the rules of the road. The study suggests that the road patrol service is the main body of state power that oversees the safety of citizens on the roads, as well as the observance of their legitimate rights and interests.

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