A 19-year-old from Karmøy received three dots on his driving license last year after he failed to stop at a stop sign on the E39 in Sveio in Vestland. The rules for stop signs are clear. You must stop. Regardless. As a result, the young motorcyclist received both a fine and a dot on his driver’s license. These are the rules for stop signs Photo: Olav Røli / news The sign states that the driver must come to a complete stop before entering a crossing road or before crossing a level crossing, and that the driver is obliged to give way to traffic moving in both directions on the crossing road or that the driver must give way for trams and railway trains on crossing level crossings. The stop must take place in front of and next to the stop line, or if there is no stop line, as close to the crossing road as possible. According to Norsk veidatabank, there are approximately 290 Stop signs on Norwegian roads today. Source: The license plate regulations But the 19-year-old disagreed with both the reaction and the fact that he got points on his driver’s licence. He actually had dots from before, and the missing punch led to his driver’s license being revoked. He therefore appealed the case further to the court. There is a stop sign at this intersection. That means you should stop. Photo: Olav Røli / news The Court of Appeal is ready In Haugaland and Sunnhordland District Court, he got a long way to go. They thought the police could simply have misinterpreted the regulations for many years. And that many drivers have therefore mistakenly had their driving license revoked for not having stopped for similar signs. But the Court of Appeal understands the regulations in a different way. They write, among other things: “When it is prescribed in section 2 no. 5 letter a of the speed limit regulation that “Violation of yield rules a. according to traffic signs 202 “Yield” and 204 “Stop”” shall result in a speed limit, it appears as an unnatural interpretation that not Violation of the stop sign in itself shall result in a penalty charge,” the judgment states. Defendant: – The regulations are unclear Lawyer Ben Einar Grindhaug has not been able to discuss the judgment with his client. – We will have to come back to whether it might be relevant to appeal the case further, he says. Grindhaug believes that the legislation is unclear and that clarification is needed. Despite the Court of Appeal’s conclusion. Beyond a legal loss, the judgment has nothing to say for his client. The man from Karmøy has got his driver’s license back. The police: – Our practice is correct Police attorney Sveinung Andersen is satisfied with the Court of Appeal’s verdict. – The judgment states that one must have dots for not stopping at a stop sign, he says. At the same time, he is happy that the case has been raised in the Court of Appeal. – It was not a completely clear legal assessment, and therefore I am satisfied with the result in the Court of Appeal, he says. Now the police will continue with their practice. If you do not stop at a stop sign, you will receive a warning and a tick on your driver’s license. – If you come to a stop sign, you must stop on the line. Anyway, says Andersen. Here, many people have received notices for breaking the rule that you must stop. Photo: Olav Røli / news Experts: Clear regulations Experts whom news has previously spoken to do not think the regulations are unclear. – The regulations on dots are both square and absolute. If there is a breach of the rules, then you must have dots. When one has received enough dots, the outcome is a given, said Jens Christian Riege, who is a lawyer at NAF. Kristin Sandbu, university lecturer at the Norwegian Police Academy, has for many years taught future police officers in traffic law. – This is an extra demanding city for road users. Then you have a duty to stop regardless, precisely to be able to stop if there should be a situation. It becomes a kind of double yielding obligation, she believes.
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The Court of Appeal rules that one must have dots for not stopping for a stop sign – news Vestland
