As a motorist, you have several traffic rules to comply with in order not to risk fines or even imprisonment.
Consumer organization M lists some common traffic offenses that can lead to fines, these are:
These traffic offenses occur while driving, but you can also be fined if you forget a specific item in the car.
Don’t forget the car key in the car when you go. Photo: HENRIK MONTGOMERY / TT
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This is common on several different occasions, for example if you have to run in and get something that you have forgotten or if you start the car for a while before you go out and drive so that it has time to warm up.
But ajabaja, this can lead to a fine of SEK 2,000. News24 have talked to Ulf Emilssonoperations expert in traffic at the police, who explains that this law exists to prevent someone unauthorized from driving your vehicle.
In the traffic regulation, it states that “suitable measures have not been taken to prevent the unauthorized use of a motorized vehicle by another person”.
This means that if you leave the car unattended with the key in it, you do not prevent someone unauthorized from using the car. You can also be convicted if you leave the car key on the tire when you are not there.
– The provision has existed for a long time, it was even in the old road traffic announcement which ceased in 1998 when the Traffic Ordinance came into force, says Ulf Emilsson to Nyheter24.
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