The government at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday adopted legislation to revise automobile-related laws to introduce numerical standards for excessive speed and alcohol levels, in order to clarify the threshold for the crime of dangerous driving causing death or injury.
With the Justice Ministry planning to put the revised laws into effect this summer, the government aims to have the legislation enacted during the ongoing parliamentary session.
The maximum statutory penalty for dangerous driving is 20 years in prison, which is heavier than the up-to-seven-year penalty for negligent driving resulting in death or injury.
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