PREVENTION OF ROAD SAFETY OFFENCES: ISSUES OF LEGAL REGULATION

Introduction: the author analyses regulatory framework on the prevention of traffic accidents and traffic offences in Russia; highlights the instrumental role of federal target oriented programs to ensure road safety. Materials and Methods: federal laws and subordinate laws regulating activity to prevent traffic offenses, traffic statistics, scientific publications on the issue were the research materials. Method of system analysis, law interpretation, dialectical, legal, logical and other methods were the research methods. Results: outlining the main directions of state policy traffic accidents prevention the author notes the constant improvement of legal framework directed at road traffic casualty prevention. Coupled with this, there appears to be a lack of legal regulations requiring its urgent resolving. Discussion and Conclusions: basing on the carried study of legal regulation of traffic offenses prevention the author suggests proposals to improve the legislation. The author therefore considers that challenges in road safety require comprehensive solution. Only such an approach will allow to reduce traffic accidents and traffic offenses.