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THE TRANSFER OF A ROAD VEHICLE FOR DRIVE TO A PERSON UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL: LIABILITY AND ITS APPLICATION IN THE LITHUANIAN CASE-LAW (88)

Author: Inga DAUKŠAITĖ
Topic category: Criminal Law

The participation of drunk drivers in the road traffic and accidents caused by them is one of the major road traffic safety problems in Lithuania. A part of the drunk drivers are such who were given to drive by others. On this account in this article for the scientific analysis the topic of prohibition to entrust a vehicle to a person under the influence of alcohol and liability for the infringement thereof has been picked. In the article, while also invoking the analysis of the Lithuanian case-law, the Paragraph 6 of Article 126 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Lithuania is analysed in detail.