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01.22.2016
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Created in September 1997 and in force for 18 years, since January 22, 1998, the Brazilian Traffic Code (CTB) undergoes constant updating, through resolutions. Among these updates are regulatory items, and laws amending the CTB. So far have been 38 amendments, 27 laws, an interim measure, a complementary law-nine decrees.
Among the best known are the Prohibition, which amended the alcohol levels allowed in the driver's blood and the penalties for drunk driving, and the latest, which increased the punishment for those who park in unique places without authorization.
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However, there are still points where the code is outdated. The sociologist and consultant on traffic education, Eduardo Biavati, remember that the CTB does not include ossmartphones and their chat applications that have disputed the attention of several people while driving. "In these 20 years, the technology has evolved so much that the cell phone included a multitude of uses that code simply does not recognize. The code also deals with the conversation on a cell phone and actually this is the lowest use today. "
The general director of the DMV-DF, Jayme de Sousa, recalls that many cars now have devices that allow the driver to answer the phone without using your hands or use headphones. "Today, most new vehicles has the hands-free system [pelobluetooth that connects the phone to the car sound system]. The law does not prohibit you answer the phone on speaker. The law prohibits you use only one hand to direct ".
Biavati believes the CTB should consider other means of transport in your body standards. "We have incorporated a mass of new users to motorized traffic and also to non-motorized, such as bicycles for example. In addition, the code does not provide anything about umskatista to use the asphalt. It was a means of transport [at the time of code creation], but now it is. "
Sousa points out that the tendency of the cities is not to increase the streets to get more vehicles. The output now, he said, is to invest in alternative means of transport to the car. "The trend today is not extending more roads, is to seek other means of urban mobility. Not only speak of public transportation, but also the bicycle, which has been a popular means. The government's challenge is to seek other types of mobility so we can ensure fluidity in traffic. " For him, the CTB was a law "ahead of their time" and that just need to keep current.
The advisor to the National Traffic Department (Denatran) Ailton Brasiliense follows the same reasoning. "Legislation is an ongoing concern. There will always be concern with better signage, more reliable vehicles, new equipment. Part of education, engineering, economics; it all has to be under review. And those resolutions are permanent. "
Edition: Graça Adjuto
Source: EBC
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