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Severe Penalties for Drivers

„Inevitability of even lenient punishment is more important than its severity. Rigid sanctions should be considered with great caution. The court ought to have the necessary flexibility in imposing a penalty, so that it can each time adjust it to the circumstances of a given case,” write advocates Małgorzata Mączka-Pacholak and Paweł Osik in their commentary on the amendments to Polish traffic law.

The traffic law amendments introduce, among others, new categories of crimes (driving without required permits which, until now, was a minor offence) and new rules governing the seizure of a driving license. In the light of the new regulation, exceeding the speed limit by 50 km/h in an urban area can lead to the seizure of the license for 3 months.

„As much as the intentions of legislators are good, one cannot resist the impression that the new rules can prove difficult to execute,” write the lawyers from Pietrzak Sidor & Partners Law Firm (the commentary was published in Gazeta Finansowa at the end of May 2015).

„We should remember that criminal law, increasingly more severe, will not solve all the problems for us, including on our roads. Regard for wise law, which will be respected for that reason, can – in turn – help a lot,” comment advocates Małgorzata Mączka-Pacholak and Paweł Osik.