Author/Editor		Dolenc, A
Title		Sodnomedicinsko izvedenstvo v cestnem prometu na Slovenskem (včeraj, danes in jutri)
Translated title		Medico-legal aspects of road traffic in Slovenia
Type		članek
Source		Med Razgl
Vol. and No.		Letnik 32, št. Suppl 4
Publication year		1993
Volume		str. 23-30
Language		slo
Abstract		Our basic criminal legislation mostly accords with the legal concepts adopted in other european countries. Yet, in the sphere of road accidents, which is a specific feature of the national pathology, there is a striking discrepancy between the enforced regulations and the adherence to these regulations in practice. A medical expert is all too rarely summomed to examine the body at the scene of the accident, post-mortem examinations of victims of road accidents are infrequent and body materials for post-mortem determination of alcohol are taken only ecceptionally. These and several other factors are responsible for delate and lengthy legal procedures and for the lack of impartiality in decisions reached by the courts of law, which is most evident when the original views on the portion of guild of the persons involved in the accident are changed in the course of the legal process. Although we suppose that the rate of suicides mimicking traffic accidents is the same as the incidence of other kinds of suicides, this issue has not yet been paid any attention to and therefore, we can not take a deeper insight into psychodynamics. As regards the offence of driving under the influence of alcohol, the new road traffic regulations will abolish the distinction between the different categories of drivers of motor vehicles. The new legislation will impose stiffer penalties for drivers and give greater power to the authorised persons examing the accident at the scene. A new term introduced by the new legislation is driving inability. Given the increasing incidence of drug addiction in th
Descriptors		ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC FORENSIC MEDICINE EXPERT TESTIMONY SLOVENIA ALCOHOL DRINKING SUICIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE