On Wednesday, members of the Seimas Committee on National Economy, Agrarian, Environmental and Regional Policy did not support the proposal of the Minister of Transport Kaspar Briskens on amendments to the Road Traffic Law, which provide for a fine for the first kilometer per hour (km/h) exceeded.
Briškens’ proposal provides for a warning or a fine of two penalty units or 10 euros for a driver exceeding the speed limit by up to 10 km/h. Following the meeting, two members supported the proposal, nine opposed it and one abstained.
Thus, the proposal was not supported, but the Commission called on the Ministry of Justice to collect information on the most common causes of road accidents by the third reading and to consider the possibility of introducing a fine starting from the fifth kilometer of exceeding the limit.
The law currently provides that drivers of mopeds, motorcycles, tricycles, quadricycles, cars and trucks with a maximum gross weight of 7.5 tons receive a warning for exceeding the speed limit by 10 km/h.
As reported, in December last year, the parliamentary legal affairs committee did not support amendments to the Road Traffic Act, which included a proposal from the Ministry of Justice to introduce a fine of up to ten euros for exceeding the speed limit by five to ten km/h.
Source: www.gorod.lv
