(Tiper Stock Exchange) – Hard line of the government on the new Highway Code. Suspension of the driving license for those who are stopped after taking drugs, for those who are caught driving with a cell phone, an absolute ban on drinking alcohol” before driving and an “alcolock obligation” for recidivist drunks. And again: new rules for novice drivers, who will not be able to drive powerful cars for three years, promotion of road safety in schools, more protection for cyclists.
These are some of the main points of the draft bill on the new Highway Code which arrives today in the Council of Ministers. 18 articles in all.
“We have included traffic education in the highway codeprevention, controls and then heavy penalties for those who make mistakes, reaching the revocation for life of the license for repeat offenders, who kill, by now it happens too often, driving drugged or drunk”, explains the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Matthew Salvini.
In particularin the wake of the incident involving young youtubers in Rome, the Ddl sets the possibility of driving “motor cars (category M1) with internal combustion engines, specific power, referred to the tare, greater than 55 kW/t and/or in any case maximum power equal to or greater than 70 kW” three years after obtaining the licence. Among the measures on “zero tolerance” also the suspension of the license for those who are stopped after taking drugs, for those who are caught driving with a cell phone, the wrong way and for all behaviors that generate a statistically high accident rate. Also, if you get a super fine for speeding or other offenses that result in the deduction of points, your license will be suspended if you already have less than 20 points.
According to the indications provided by sources of the Ministry of Transport on the eve of the Council of Ministers, the bill will provide more guarantees for cyclists, who will be protected especially in the event of overtakingthe. New rules also on limited traffic areas and clarity on speed cameras, to avoid the use of non-approved speed detection tools and too often installed only in order to multiply the penalties.