Traffic rowdy
The term traffic rowdy is a slang term for a person who grossly disregards traffic rules and who lacks the obligation to be considerate and fair in dealing with traffic .
term
The compound Verkehrsrowdy is a combination of words between the German word "Verkehr" and the English expression rowdy (= "Rabauke", "Rüpel"). The Duden defines the traffic hooligan as “someone who grossly and ruthlessly violates traffic regulations”. As a type designation, despite the masculine article and statistically predominantly male representatives, the term characterizes a person with a certain, generally rejected human behavior in traffic that can apply to both genders. In the case of female traffic hooligans, the gender-defining adjective "female" is sometimes put in front of or avoided in the comparison: "She behaves like a traffic hooligan." In legal parlance, the word appears in a judgment of the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Cologne on March 23, 1954 , which had to decide "cases of gross hooliganism in traffic" of the city of Cologne. In a ruling in 2010, the same court even established the variant of a traffic hooligan on a waterway and used the special expression "water hooligan" for a rowdy speeder who had caused a traffic accident with his speedboat on the Rhine shipping route .
Characteristic
The traffic hooligan acts against ethical and legal norms that claim to be valid to protect road users . His behavior is considered boorish, violent and inconsiderate. With their grossly illegal behavior, the person acting in this way places himself outside the mandatory general manners in the traffic areas and endangers other people and himself. The behavior is accordingly classified as anti -social and socially ostracized and sanctioned.
The traffic rowdy type manifests itself in traffic through extremely illegal behavior, for example through a reckless driving style such as lawning in cities, overtaking in blind spots, cutting when overtaking, driving up close, jostling and having to overtake other road users or right-hand overtaking. The non-conformist behavior explain psychologists from different character traits and motives such as immaturity, egotism, arrogance, benefit thinking, recklessness, aggressiveness, emotional lability or drunkenness. But it can also arise from the need for a thrill experience, as it has become established in numerous large cities with illegal car or motorcycle races , also known as street racing .
Consequences
Due to their dangerous driving style, traffic hooligans are significantly involved in the cause of traffic accidents. The question of their criminal treatment therefore plays an important role in traffic law. Because this is not just about human shortcomings, but to serious behavioral problems, the legal consequences of Transport hooligans are considerable: you have to reckon with sensitive fines and imprisonment, in extreme cases and for repeated misconduct and thus, by driving license temporarily or permanently the license to lose.
Road races in Germany generally require an official permit in accordance with Section 29 (2) StVO. Participation in an illegal street race is classified as a criminal offense under Section 315d StGB .
literature
- T. Haubrich: Traffic hooliganism on federal highways and its criminal assessment. In: New legal weekly . (NJW) 1989, p. 1197ff.
- Siegbert A. Warwitz: Thrill or Skill. What separates the daring from the stimulus and risk fanatic. In: Ders .: Search for meaning in risk. Life in growing rings. Explanatory models for cross-border behavior. 2nd Edition. Verlag Schneider, Baltmannsweiler 2016, ISBN 978-3-8340-1620-1 , p. 296.
Web links
- “Verkehrsrowdy” at duden.de , accessed on May 15, 2016
- Russia's Zuckerberg Durow - a bad traffic hooligan? , accessed on May 15, 2016
- Behavior in traffic rowdies , accessed May 15, 2016
- Traffic hooligans on the Autobahn , accessed on May 15, 2016
- No pardon for traffic hooligans, police documentation , accessed on May 15, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Verkehrsrowdy" at duden.de
- ^ Judgment of the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Cologne v. March 23, 1954, Az. Ss 443/53.
- ^ Judgment of the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Cologne of October 12, 2010, Az. 9 U 84/10.
- ^ Siegbert A. Warwitz: Thrill or Skill. What separates the daring from the stimulus and risk fanatic. In: Ders .: Search for meaning in risk. Life in growing rings. Explanatory models for cross-border behavior. 2nd Edition. Verlag Schneider, Baltmannsweiler 2016, p. 296 ff.
- ^ T. Haubrich: Traffic hooliganism on federal highways and its criminal assessment. In: NJW. 1989, p. 1197ff.