Alcohol abuse in road traffic: medical-legal aspects
Authors:
Petr Štiak 1; Ľubomír Straka 2
Authors place of work:
Ústredná vojenská nemocnica - FN v Ružomberku, Slovenská republika
1; Ústav súdneho lekárstva a medicínskych expertíz Jesseniovej lekárskej fakulty Univerzity Komenského a Univerzitnej, nemocnice v Martine, Slovenská republika
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Published in the journal:
Soud Lék., 63, 2018, No. 2, p. 14-18
Category:
Review
Summary
Alcohol-affected road users – pedestrians or drivers are a significant risk factor for road accidents and injuries. Therefore, the issue of alcohol-related traffic accidents is logically a subject of great attention. However, the statistics results of the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Slovak Republic and of the Police Force of the Slovak Republic clearly confirm the fact that in the Slovak Republic the above-mentioned problem of the whole society is not sufficiently eliminated. The legislation implemented since 2011 should therefore lead to more substantial and effective prevention in this area. From the point of view of the current knowledge from the Forensic Medicine Department, the current legislative regulation of the Slovak Republic is still insufficient and will require some changes. It can be assumed that the issue of controlling the influence of alcohol on road users will be a subject of harmonization throughout the European area. The aim of this thesis is to analyse individual aspects of the present state and their epicritical evaluation.
Keywords:
alcohol – driver – prevention – forensic medicine – legislation
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Anatomical pathology Forensic medical examiner ToxicologyČlánok vyšiel v časopise
Forensic Medicine
2018 Číslo 2
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