Traffic offender

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Traffic offenders or traffic sinner is the colloquial term for a man who against traffic rules has failed. In the official language , the terms traffic delinquent and traffic delinquent are also used for such an offense. In contrast to the extreme form of the so-called traffic hooligan, the wrongdoing of the traffic offender usually results less from rude traffic than from carelessness, distraction or ignorance of the traffic rules.

term

The connection of the word “ traffic ” with the word “ sinner ”, borrowed from the religious realm, characterizes a slipping into the forbidden, forbidden, in the profane realm. Here, too, the linguistic environment makes references, for example with the expression “fall into sin”, “repentant traffic offender”, “repentance” or “traffic penance”. In contrast to the traffic hooligan, the expression traffic offender does not identify a person who violates the rules in a grossly undisciplined manner. In most cases it is more of a form of offense that can also be attributed to carelessness or an oversight, but which is nevertheless classified as illegal. Accordingly, the term traffic offender is not linked to the disparaging stain of the disreputable, uncharacteristic. It is used for similar misconduct with a gender differentiation for people of both sexes. Under the overarching term “traffic offender” there are again terms that label the responsible persons even more specifically as “parking offender”, “traffic light offender” or “speeding driver”. In addition to the word “traffic offender”, the official language of the judge also uses the term “traffic offender” derived from the factual term “traffic offense”.

Tendencies towards traffic offenders

Some authors paint a horror scenario of the irregularity in modern traffic life and even speak of a "war on our streets" and "human sacrifice". Parts of the population still dominate the outdated, fatalistic notion "Children have no brakes" , "Children are like that". "Children inevitably have to have an accident because they are overwhelmed by today's traffic life" . They are therefore provided with stickers such as “Take care of me”, which suggests “the grown-ups have to guarantee my safety”, or they are driven to school and to the sports facility in the parents' taxi . Traffic scientist Siegbert A. Warwitz counters this: “Children do have brakes. You just have to learn to use it ”. “Children are capable of learning and are willing to take responsibility if they are only led in a child-friendly manner and let them take on personal responsibility and teach them at an early stage. “The pedagogue Roland Gorges demands that public traffic education must begin in kindergarten. and the trainee teacher MA Haller has verified the effectiveness of such education in her own experiments. “Children don't have to have an accident. You can even help prevent accidents yourself ”. Warwitz states as the result of an analysis of child traffic accidents in which children are not considered to be the “guilty party” in terms of the law, but are considered to be the “main cause” of their accidents. He lists a number of typical “attitudes” that make children traffic offenders: “I'm sure the car will stop at the zebra crossing!” “The adults have to watch out for me!” “The traffic light is red, but there is no car coming! ”“ The tunnel is a detour, the others also cross the street here! ”

But even in adults, attitudes can be identified that predestine traffic offenders: “As a pedestrian / cyclist, I am anonymous! The red light sin is therefore without consequences! ”“ I have the right of way and I am right! ”“ I am a good driver and can sometimes risk more speed! ”There is also no lack of advice on how to“ drive the Pulling the head out of the noose ”.

In a longitudinal study, A. Krampe and St. Sachse deliberately investigated the causes of the relatively high level of traffic delinquency among young people and recorded driving in cliques , without a driver's license and under the influence of alcohol as the main risk factors. According to HJ Heinzmann, a lack of experience and a certain “ bravado ” lead to younger drivers, and to older drivers the decreasing physical abilities lead to increased traffic delinquency.

Legal implications

Violations of the codified traffic rules will be punished insofar as they are recorded by the police. In the case of a traffic offender, they can have a different severity of the offense and result in a correspondingly different penalty:

In accordance with Section 28 of the Road Traffic Act , the German driving aptitude register (FAER), which has been maintained by the Federal Motor Transport Authority in Flensburg since 2014, stores data on traffic offenders whose offense has reached a certain level, for example if a criminal court has classified it as a criminal offense or if the person concerned has been fined at least 60 euros has been set or a driving ban has been ordered. This criminal record is popularly known as the “traffic offender index”.

Comparable to the religious area of ​​origin of the term, the law grants the "repentant traffic offender" back the innocence after insight, penance and good behavior by deleting the points or the name in the traffic offender index.

literature

  • Chr. Borzym: The new driving aptitude register (traffic offenders index) In: Road traffic law. (SVR) 2013, p. 167.
  • I. Peter-Habermann: Children have to have an accident. Reinbek 1979, ISBN 3-499-14267-8 .
  • HJ Heinzmann: Traffic delinquency of older people. In: A. Flade, M. Limbourg, B. Schlag: Mobility of older people. Springer Fachmedien, Wiesbaden 2001, pp. 227–240.
  • P. Hentschel (greetings), P. König, P. Duration ( arrangement ): Road traffic law (= Beck's short comments . Volume 5). 43rd, revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-406-67136-4 .
  • KP Jörn: War on our streets. The human sacrifice of the automotive society. Gütersloh 1992.
  • G. Kaiser: Traffic delinquency and general prevention: investigations into the criminology of traffic offenses and traffic criminal law. Publishing house Mohr, Tübingen 1970.
  • A. Krampe, St. Sachse: Risk behavior and traffic delinquency in road traffic. In: D. Sturzbecher (Ed.): Youth trends in East Germany: Education, leisure, politics, risks. Leske + Budrich, Opladen 2002, ISBN 3-8100-3393-6 , pp. 137–151.
  • A. Schwarze: The Bible for the traffic offender. So I pull my head out of the noose. Eichborn, Frankfurt 1987, ISBN 3-8218-1065-3 .
  • SA Warwitz: Dangerous attitudes in children. In: Traffic education from the child. Perceive-play-think-act. 6th edition. Schneiderverlag, Baltmannsweiler 2009, ISBN 978-3-8340-0563-2 , pp. 16-19.
  • SA Warwitz: Are traffic accidents 'tragic' coincidences? In: thing-word-number. 102, 2009, pp. 42-50 and 64.

Web links

Wiktionary: Traffic offenders  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. Directive (EU) 2015/413 (Traffic Offenses Directive)
  2. KP Jörn: War on our streets. The human sacrifice of the automotive society. Gütersloh 1992.
  3. HD Barth: Children have no brakes! Niedernhausen 1994.
  4. ^ I. Peter-Habermann: Children have to have an accident. Reinbek 1979.
  5. ^ SA Warwitz: The development of traffic senses, traffic intelligence and traffic behavior among school beginners. The Karlsruhe model. In: Z. f. Traffic education. 4, 1986, pp. 93-98.
  6. ^ R. Gorges: Traffic education begins in kindergarten. Braunschweig 1984.
  7. ^ MA Haller: Traffic education in pre-school age as preparation for the way to school according to the Karlsruhe 12-step program. Knowledge State examination work GHS. Karlsruhe 2001.
  8. ^ SA Warwitz: Are traffic accidents 'tragic' coincidences? In: thing-word-number. 102, 2009, pp. 42-50 and 64.
  9. SA Warwitz: Dangerous attitudes in children. In: Traffic education from the child. Perceive-play-think-act. 6th edition. Schneiderverlag, Baltmannsweiler 2009, pp. 16-19.
  10. SA Warwitz: Dangerous attitudes in adults. In: Traffic education from the child. Perceive-play-think-act. 6th edition. Schneiderverlag, Baltmannsweiler 2009, pp. 19-20.
  11. A. Schwarze: The Bible for the traffic offender. So I pull my head out of the noose. Eichborn, Frankfurt 1987.
  12. ^ A. Krampe, St. Sachse: Risk behavior and traffic delinquency in road traffic. In: D. Sturzbecher (Ed.): Youth trends in East Germany: Education, leisure, politics, risks. Leske + Budrich, Opladen 2002, pp. 137–151.
  13. ^ HJ Heinzmann: Traffic delinquency of older people. In: A. Flade, M. Limbourg, B. Schlag: Mobility of older people. Springer Fachmedien, Wiesbaden 2001, pp. 227–240.
  14. P. Hentschel (greeting), P. König, P. Duration (editing): Road traffic law. 43rd, revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2015.
  15. § 28 Road Traffic Act (StVG)
  16. § 24c StVG

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