| Abstract [eng] |
One of the most important and severe problems in Lithuania is people driving under the influence of alcohol. This is one of the main reasons causing disasters in the roads. It is remarkable that the responsibility and the penalties for criminal offence related to drink-driving were increasing continuously in the past. Since the 1st January of 2017 criminal liability is applied to individuals driving a vehicle while being drunk and when the blood alcohol concentration detected surpasses 1.5 ‰. Once the new regulations came into force, the beaches of the law appeared within the case law, which were supposed to be solved by synchronizing the case law. Additionally, because a new law was approved on the 11th January of 2019, which has come into force since 1st April of 2019 and by which the legal regulations for driving under the influence of alcohol were changed, the preparation of this master thesis became even more complicated. This thesis analyses the development of law regulations, the changes in the liability for drink-driving in different periods and the components of the criminal offence related to vehicle driving under influence of alcohol. It also contains a special insight to the analysis of the case law attempting to clarify the main problems related to the mentioned regulations and which are present in the case law currently, which is the reason why there is no unified case law. In the end of this thesis, there are conclusions and proposals presented which reflect the problematic aspects in the case law associated to the liability of drink-driving. |
