An infraction is a transgression, a breach or the violation of a norm, a convention or a pre-established agreement.
Meanwhile, the aforementioned transgression may lead to a traffic violation or fine, a crime, or a misdemeanor, depending on the case and it will also be plausible to receive a penalty or punishment that will depend on the severity and what the corresponding legislation stipulates.
We must say that generally the concept of infringement is applied to designate less relevant regulations, that is, they do not have important legal implications, because it is a minor offense that with a fine, normally economic, it is considered punished and learned.
Traffic violation
The traffic or traffic offense implies the non-compliance with current regulations regarding the circulation of automobiles and which results in an administrative sanction, although, in those cases in which a serious offense has been incurred, the sanction that will be applied may correspond to the criminal order, even determining the arrest and detention of the motorist who has starred in the traffic incident.
Now, we must emphasize that in some parts an abuse has been generated in this sense and instead of generating an awareness in the population, so that it avoids committing an offense, it ended up becoming a collection method that does not aim to achieve a good coexistence Social.
This type of offense includes all those promoted by current vehicles, such is the case of cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, bicycles and even those that may be triggered by pedestrians as a result of their recklessness.
Types of traffic offenses
There are different types of traffic offenses, minor, moderate and serious, in which the life of a third party or the offender himself is put at risk ...Speeding, irresponsible driving, driving under the influence of some type of narcotic or alcohol, disobedience of current traffic regulations, such as lack of respect for signs: turning in prohibited places, driving the wrong way, crossing when the traffic light does not allow it, bad parking, obstructing the passage, not having the documentation that proves the aptitude to drive, such as the driving record, the lack of documentation that proves the ownership of the vehicle that is being driven, speeding, swooping, among others.
Increase in road accidents and how to deal with the problem
At present, road accidents have become a scourge and a very serious problem in many nations of the world, basically because they kill thousands of people and in many places they are the main cause of death, surpassing diseases.
The recklessness of pedestrians when crossing the street, and that of motorists in driving, are the main causes. A pedestrian who does not cross the pedestrian path, doing it in the middle of the block, on a street in which cars turn, is an authentic recklessness on the part of the pedestrian; Driving under the influence of alcohol, exceeding what the law allows is also a tremendous recklessness on the part of a driver.
These two causes are those that are at the top of the rankings and those that truncate the most lives.
Regarding drivers who drive under the influence of drugs and alcohol and kill a pedestrian, and such a criminal act is proven by the way, they can be arrested, subjected to processes and be sentenced to effective prison.
In countries like Argentina, where this fact is certainly common, there has been a change in the current legislation and so today this action has been classified as reckless driving and in the event that the driver who drives drunk kills someone and it is proven, he must comply effective prison.
Before, a good part of these events were exempt from prison, while the increases in the accident rate have generated the decision to toughen the penalties.
Crime and contravention
On the other hand, according to the Criminal law, the crime is a action or omission that is opposed to the legal system in question and to which a penalty established by law corresponds to its commission.
Murder, defamation, sexual abuse, rape, kidnapping, torture, rape, robbery, piracy at any level, drug trafficking, damage to the environment, adultery, illicit association, treason, bribery, abuse of authority, false testimony, falsification at any level, war crime, among others, are some of the most well-known crimes.
For its part, the lack or contravention, in Criminal Law it turns out to be that Unlawful conduct that puts a protected legal asset at risk. The offenses are less serious than the crime and therefore are not classified as such and do not result in being punished with serious penalties such as deprivation of liberty.
