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Original Language Title: Ceļu satiksmes likums

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The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the road traffic law chapter I General provisions article 1. The terms used in the law, the law is applied in the following terms: 1) the road owner — the State, the municipality, the natural or legal person to whom the property belongs on the right path;
2) Road Manager, owner or another natural or legal person to whom the path passed in society (responsible);
3) path, any traffic built area (road, street, Avenue, the crossroad and similar areas, including the entire width of the road, sidewalk, suburbs, the split bar and island). The road includes a complex path, artificial structures (bridges, traffic overpasses, tunnels, culverts, drainage installations, support walls and other buildings), road engineering structures (public passenger vehicle staging and pavilions, braking and Acceleration lanes, vehicle parking, rest area, bicycle and the pavement, road communications and lighting lines, and other engineering structures), the Organization of the technical means of traffic (road signs, traffic lights, signālstabiņ, crash barriers, pedestrian barriers, vertical and horizontal road signs and other technical means);
4) road traffic: the relationship that occurs when moving to the roads with or without vehicles;
5) road traffic participant any person to travel or directly take part in road traffic;
6) in a road traffic accident, road traffic accident occurred involving at least one vehicle that results in people died, he suffered personal injuries or losses caused by the natural or legal person or the environment;
7) road traffic regulations: Cabinet of Ministers Regulations Act, which determines the order of road traffic, and is binding on all natural and legal persons;
8) 24-hour dark time: time of the evening dusk to morning twilight to extinction;
9): the pedestrian moving along a road on foot or in a wheelchair. This term does not apply to persons who carry out work on the road carriageway;
10) motor vehicle: self-propelled vehicle, implements, also running on a road under its own power, other than a moped and track vehicles;
11) moped — two or three-wheel vehicle with an engine displacement of less than 50 cc and a maximum design speed of not more than 50 kilometres per hour;
12) motorcycle — two-wheel motor vehicle with or without sidecar. This term also refers to the snow motorcycles;
13) insufficient visibility — weather conditions (fog, rain, snow, and so on) for which the visibility on the road is closer than 300 metres, also the twilight;
14) vehicle: a motor vehicle to which the assigned operational vehicle status and who participate in road traffic with flashing blue and red lights and special sound signal;
15) passenger: located in or on the vehicle (excluding driver), as well as the person who picked up or climb on it, get out of the vehicle or dismount from it;
16) unladen weight, according to the national standard for the mass of the completed vehicle with a driver but no passengers and cargo;
17) trailer (semi-trailer): vehicle intended for travel in connection with a motor vehicle. This term does not apply to motorcycle sidecars;
18) full mass-manufacturer specific maximum permissible mass of the vehicle with the driver, passengers and cargo. Tractor with a trailer full of mass of tractor and trailer, the mass of the full amount, but the tractor with semi-trailer, the unladen mass of the mass of passengers and the full weight of the semi-trailer;
19) international road transport operations — any movement by vehicles crossing at least one border;
20) implements — tractor, combine or other special machine powered by an internal combustion engine, if it is not built on the base of the car;
21) tram — vehicle intended for travel on Rails in connection with an external power source. This term does not apply to electric powered;
22) vehicle: a device that, as constructed, intended to travel on the road with or without the help of the engine the engine;
23) vehicle owner: a person or entity that owns the vehicle. For State or municipal vehicle owner within the meaning of this law constitutes the legal person in whose name the vehicle is registered;
24 the holder of the vehicle)-the natural or legal person who, on a legal basis (property rental, leasing, loan contract, etc.) use a vehicle. The holder of a vehicle is not considered to be a person who uses the vehicle for service or labour relations;
25) vehicle tracking technical information-technical data package required for vehicle inventory: registration number, make, model, year, Vin (chassis, bodywork, motor), color, full mass, mass, and type;
26) driver — physical person who drives a vehicle or train to drive the person does not have a corresponding category of driving rights. This concept to the person who is running the vehicle, refer to the moment when the vehicle began to drive the other person;
27): the possessor of a vehicle which is in possession of the legal vehicle to inheritance;
tricycles and quadricycles) 28: respectively three or four-wheel motor vehicle having a manufacturer's specified maximum speed of 50 kilometres per hour or has an internal combustion engine with 50 cubic centimetres or greater capacity (also any other type of engine under power) unladen mass is not more than 550 kilograms;
29) bus: a vehicle intended for on-road driving in connection with an external power source;
30) bike-vehicle with your muscle strength to move people, located on it (except the wheelchair);
31) tractor, motor vehicle, which run in conjunction with trailer (semi-trailer).
2. article. The purpose of the law this law aims at: 1) to determine the progress of road traffic and road safety organisational and legal basis in Latvia in order to protect human life and health, the environment, as well as natural and legal persons owned property;
2) to regulate motor vehicle ownership, possession and use rights, as well as the acquisition of vehicles, holder and user responsibility.
3. article. Road legal basis the legal basis of the road is this law and other laws, road traffic regulations and other cabinet regulations, national standards, as well as international treaties that Latvia is a Member State.
4. article. Road Administration and enforcement of this Act (1) the General Road Administration enforce the Cabinet and local authorities within the limits of its competence.
(2) the administration of roads within its competence, exercise the Ministry of transport, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of agriculture, and under the authority and supervision of the authorities or held by the company.
(3) Ministry of transportation made surveillance of law and other laws and the observance of road traffic safety, as well as issuing licenses and drivers of motor vehicles and their trailers for retail sale. Traffic Minister issued by road security-related legislation. License Manager implements and implements and its retail trailers issued by Ministry of agriculture.
(4) the Ministry of the Interior in accordance with the law "on the police" to ensure order on the roads, the regulation of the movement of vehicles and pedestrians, traffic monitoring, control of the road condition, and traffic organisations technical and technical condition of the vehicles.
(5) the road traffic safety Directorate register of means of transport and their pledges to issue driving licences, provides and maintains vehicle and driver information system, carry out the technical inspection of vehicles in the country, carried out surveillance of road and street, railway level crossings and other road maintenance traffic in a safe condition, all in-service vehicles technical condition, as well as other road safety activities within the limits of its competence. Road Traffic Safety Directorate within their competence shall be issued by the road traffic safety related measures. Road Traffic Safety Directorate services charge fees prescribed by the Ministry of transport.

(6) the State technical supervision inspection of the registers and implements pledges to make the country implements technical safety oversight of operations, issuing licences, implements and maintains technical and its driver information system. The State inspection for technical supervision services charge fees set by the Ministry of agriculture.
(7) the Ministry of education and science provides road traffic regulations and road safety Foundation teaching pre-school and general educational establishments by programs that are aligned with the road traffic safety Directorate.
Chapter II basic rules of road safety on the road article 5. Requirements concerning the fitting of any road the road must be equipped with the necessary road engineering structures and traffic organisations technical funds according to minimum standards, technical regulations and the requirements of the rules.
6. article. Road Manager duties Road Manager is obliged: 1) constantly to follow the line of the road;
2) to maintain a path, it's civil engineering and traffic organisations use the technical means in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations;
3) immediately to prevent damage to the barriers or other conditions that might interfere with or endanger the safety of traffic;
4) take measures to improve traffic organization;
5) determine the order in which the work to be carried out on the road and related measures, as well as to control the execution of the work;
6) indicates the time limits and in order to meet under the auspices of the Ministry of transport, under the supervision of the institution under the Act, as well as the Ministry of transport and the Ministry of the Interior official statements issued within their competence.
7. article. Road construction, repair and reconstruction (1) design, building and Road level-crossing in the construction, repair and reconstruction projects must comply with existing laws and regulations and road safety regulations. Project compliance with these requirements must be approved by the designer. In justified cases, the road traffic safety Directorate may permit derogations from these rules.
(2) The service of a candidate for road construction, repair and reconstruction of objects is to receive road traffic safety Directorate's opinion.
8. article. Traffic restriction or prohibition (1) Road Traffic Manager may temporarily restrict or prohibit, if bad roads, climatic or other conditions, which jeopardises road safety. The order in which implement traffic restrictions or prohibition shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(2) particularly in cases of urgency, their duties, within their competence, the traffic may restrict or prohibit police officers and other officials who then authorizes the laws and other regulations.
(3) in exceptional condition during road restrictions may be determined in accordance with the law "On the State of exception".
Chapter III registration of the vehicle and its article 9. The use of vehicles in road traffic (1) in the territory of Latvia in road traffic allowed to use in the registered vehicles whose design and comply with the condition of minimum standards and regulatory requirements, which made the State technical inspection and in respect of which it is made on insurance against civil liability in respect of the compulsory insurance. Permission to participate in road traffic in addition to article 25 of this law in the first part of the document certifying the Visual information (national registration number plates, identification, labels) on the vehicle.
(2) motor vehicles other than motorcycles and technical, must be two national standards laid down in the national registration number plates, but motorcycles, implements and trailers — one national registration number plate. These markers are attached to the places provided for this purpose.
(3) identification marks and labels, and use their issue agenda is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
10. article. Vehicle registration (1) involved in road traffic motor vehicles and their trailers within five days from the date of the acquisition or importation of the recorded road traffic safety Directorate, implements and trailers — national technical supervision inspection. Five days to make this vehicle registration, a change in one of the technical data or data about the owner.
(2) a vehicle registered to the owner (natural or legal persons). If the vehicle has several owners, it is recorded to one's partner — natural or legal persons — in name of mutual agreement of all co-owners.
(3) a State or local government owned vehicles registered on the State or local governments or authorities of the name of the company who acts or other regulations in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Act with this vehicle.
(4) Before the Court's decision on the inheritance possible heir, by presenting documents proving this fact, the vehicle can be registered in her name as the possessor of the vehicle. If there are several possible heirs, they may agree which of them will be the possessor of the vehicle, and this arrangement to be certified by the uzrādījum. To the judgment of the Court of Justice has prohibited the disposal of the vehicle.
(5) a vehicle registered to the name of a natural person who has reached the age of 18 or under the civil code, article 220 declared a minor, except if the vehicle is used only in the minors. If the vehicle is used only in the minors (one or more), it is recorded on the minor's name and registration certificate shall provide the data for the guardian.
(6) vehicles which, in accordance with article 24 of this law shall be driven from the age of 16, allowed to register at the age of 16 years physical person's name with its parent (guardian) consent.
(7) the road traffic safety Directorate register not technological units, which temporarily moved by road on the territory of Latvia. A list and go down the road in terms of traffic.
(8) it is prohibited to register a vehicle, which is made up of individual units (knots) and who is not a relevant certificate issued by the manufacturer.
(9) the decision on registration or disposal may be postponed, but not more than 15 days, if the vehicle register has information that the vehicle or it numbered aggregates are searched for, or has a reasonable suspicion that the identification numbers or documents submitted for registration is fraudulent. In this case, the decision on registration of the vehicle after the necessary checks shall adopt the relevant police authorities.
11. article. Vehicle registration documents necessary for the registration of the vehicle (1) of the road traffic safety Directorate or the State technical supervision inspection to be submitted the following documents: 1) the application for registration. If the vehicle belongs to several persons, the application shall be submitted one co-owner and adds the uzrādījum agenda of the purported agreement on it, to which the name of the partner will be registered in the vehicle. If the owners can't agree, the dispute is settled in court. The registration application may be filed by the owner of the authorized person, the application shall be accompanied by a notary public or other civil law person specified in article 1474 of the purported powers;
2) documents certifying the vehicle tracking technical data [vehicle manufacturing document (certificate), issued a certificate of registration of the vehicle, the vehicle registration issued abroad, as well as other documents];
3) certificate of the vehicle identification number for comparison. Vehicle identification number, collation order is determined by the Ministry of transportation jointly with the Ministry of the Interior, but the Ministry of agriculture implements;
4) property rights certificate (if the vehicle is not registered in advance on the application of the person) or documents certifying that the person is the possessor of the vehicle (if the vehicle before the judgment of the Court of probate is recorded to the possessor of the name).
(2) if the vehicle is property of the spouses, the spouse to whom the vehicle is registered, its disposal (sale, gift, Exchange) should be in writing stating that the other spouse is not a claim in relation to the disposal of the vehicle.

(3) if the vehicle has only one proprietor (physical person) and the renewal of the vehicle from the owner (the seizure) name to another physical person (beneficiary) the word occurs in the road traffic safety Directorate or national technical supervision inspection in the presence of both parties, the property rights of the identity document is not submitted to the beneficiary. In this case, the registration of the vehicle in question in the road traffic safety Directorate or the State technical supervision Inspectorate to respective written application after appropriate Directorate or inspection is satisfied of the identity of the person, as well as the fact that the vehicle belongs to the seizure. These cases apply only to vehicles which have been previously registered in the Republic of Latvia and intended for further operations in the Republic of Latvia.
12. article. Property rights supporting documents (1) to register the vehicle, the owner must submit sufficient documentary evidence of legal acquisition of the vehicle.
(2) documents the proven property rights are: 1) extract from the book of notarial acts or uzrādījum order a certified contract for vehicle seizures (donation, purchase, Exchange URu.tml.), a marriage contract, the contract on the part of joint ownership or joint ownership determination;
2) judgment of the Court of probate, inheritance, kopmant or joint ownership of the spouses, property rights recognition, extraction with delay or to other civil law provides for the acquisition of property rights Foundation;
3) sample purchasing document that is issued by a company licensed to trade in vehicles;
4) document on the purchase of the vehicle abroad;
5) Act concerning the legal entity owned property in the transfer of the vehicle to another legal entity. If the vehicle is not registered in advance on behalf of the legal person, in addition to the documents to be submitted for the purchase of legitimate;
6) document on the lottery or other way legally win a vehicle;
7) document on Latvia made or rebuilt vehicle legitimation;
8) archive information and other property rights supporting documents.
(3) in all these documents must be specified: first name and last name of the owner (the name of a legal person), address and vehicle technical records (registration number, make, model, VIN numbers, registration certificate number), which enable the identification of a particular vehicle.
(4) If the vehicle is imported into Latvia from foreign countries, in addition to the property rights of the supporting document relevant to road traffic safety Directorate or national technical supervision inspection must be submitted to document that the importation of the vehicle is designed in accordance with the procedure laid down by the customs.
13. article. Vehicle registration certificate (1) vehicle registration certificate is a document, identifying the vehicle tracking technical data as well as data about the owner (possessor).
(2) every vehicle shall be issued only one certificate of registration. This does not preclude the vehicle belonging to several owners.
(3) if the vehicle belongs to several owners, the registration certificate issued for one partner's name with "shared ownership". In this case, all the transactions with the vehicle, the other co-owner of property rights is made only with the agreement of the co-owners certified by notary or other civil law specified in article 1474.
14. article. Prohibition of disposal of the vehicle and the mortgage right registration (1) the vehicle seizures and the mortgage right is registered in the road traffic safety Directorate or the State technical supervision inspection.
(2) prohibition of disposal of the vehicle is to be registered and to the law that officials of the decision or a court ruling.
(3) If the vehicle is registered to a prohibition of disposal of the vehicle can not be removed, do not register the mortgage law and the change of the owner.
(4) the vehicle is to be registered on the pledging application jointly submitted a pledge and pledge a worker, regardless of whether the vehicle is intended to transfer mortgage mortgage mortgage worker in possession of objects or without referral. Signatures to certify the application notarized. The application shall be attached to the document established the mortgage law. The mortgage to be registered also to the right of the Court ruling.
(5) the right to security only on the mortgage application for workers or a court ruling.
(6) Pledged to remove the vehicle is prohibited from tracking or to register a change in the holder of the vehicle without the consent of the workers security.
(7) the details of the mortgage in the register is public.
15. article. Vehicle design and conversion (1) For the new vehicle design project documentation of compliance with the normatīvtehnisk traffic safety requirements in all cases obtain the road traffic safety Directorate or Directorate of road safety in accredited persons for this purpose.
(2) the opinion must also receive vehicle conversion projects and for rebuilt vehicles.
(3) On the rebuilt implements to receive State technical supervision inspection findings.
16. article. State of vehicle technical inspection (1) motor vehicles and their trailers and of compliance with the mandatory national standards and legislation relating to road safety evaluate State technical inspection.
(2) motor vehicles and their trailers and the State technical inspection is carried out not less than once a year, but passengers for hire or reward vehicles for State technical inspection — not less than twice a year.
(3) motor vehicles and their trailers (except the technical) national technical inspection carries out road safety Directorate or Directorate of road safety in accredited person for this purpose.
(4) implements the State technical supervision by the State technical inspection.
Article 17. Operational vehicles operational vehicles are entitled to use legal entities list, as well as the operational procedures for the use of vehicles approved by the Cabinet of Ministers. Emergency vehicles must be marked and equipped according to the Republic of Latvia the minimum requirements of the standards.
18. article. Prohibition of operation of vehicles (1) Road Safety Directorate and national police may prohibit the entry into service of vehicles in the following cases: 1) if their condition does not meet the minimum standard in the Republic of Latvia and the road traffic regulations with respect to the operation of the vehicle;
2) if vehicle registration documents of accounting specified technical data, or the data on the owner (possessor) does not correspond to the actual situation;
3) if the vehicle is not one of the intended national registration number plates or that (it) does not match the entries in the registration documents.
(2) the technical operation of the first paragraph of this article, in the cases is entitled to prohibit the State technical supervision inspection.
Chapter IV road traffic duties and rights of members article 19. Road users general obligations and rights (1) road traffic participants should follow this law, the road traffic rules and other regulatory requirements that govern the road users; Police officers must follow and the instructions of the persons, authorized to control the traffic, as well as to respect traffic lights, road signs and road signs.
(2) If an approaching vehicle operational, other traffic participants should give it a path to operational vehicle and vehicles it accompanies could go smoothly.
(3) road users and other persons to act so as not to create dangerous traffic or traffic nuisance situations and do not suffer losses.
(4) for each traffic participant shall have the right to believe that the other persons in the progress of road traffic will comply with the requirements.
20. article. Owner, possessor of the vehicle and the duties and rights holder (1), the possessor of the vehicle owner and the holder is obliged to do everything necessary not to use any of his vehicles in use, subject to the conditions of operation of the prohibition or not logged in, or who have not taken the State technical inspection.
(2) the owner, possessor of the vehicle and the holder must not be given permission to drive the vehicle to a person who is alcoholic beverages, drugs, or other intoxicating psihotoksisk substances.
(3) the owner, possessor of the vehicle and the holder must not be given permission to drive the vehicle, the person does not have a corresponding category of driving licence, except where road traffic rules in the order happens driving training or driving skills test.

(4) it is necessary to take a motor vehicle owner, possessor, and holder's civil liability compulsory insurance law and other laws.
21. article. The mandate for operations with vehicles (1) expropriation or the vehicle registration (Reregistration) the mandate issued to [speciālpilnvar, power of Attorney, or universālpilnvar, which is a special indication of permission to dispose of or to register (re)] is a civil law notary or other persons mentioned in article 1474.
(2) the authorisation for use of the vehicle in Latvia can be given in any of the Civil Code article in 1474.
22. article. Drivers (1) of the Republic of Latvia of the vehicle licence may be obtained by any person resident in Latvia, or a person who is entitled to reside in Latvia for more than three months and that is not medical pretindikācij for the driving of vehicles.
(2) the list of vehicles which, in addition to the driver's licence for driving requires special permission, as well as their medical pretindikācij list, which prevents the drive, set by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(3) the driving qualification procedure, qualification requirements to specialists who take driver training, driver training programmes and technical teaching resources lists down the traffic Ministry and Ministry of agriculture.
23. article. Driving licence categories that give the right to drive motor vehicles (1) the right to drive vehicles of the corresponding category to give a driver's license.
(2) a driving licence for category vehicles: 1) A1 — motorcycles without sidecar with an engine capacity not exceeding 125 cc and maximum power of 11 kilowatts (15 horsepower);
2) A2-motorcycles whose engine power does not exceed 25 kilowatts (34 horsepower) or 0.16 kilowatts per kilogram (0.22 horsepower to kilos);
3) A — motorcycles;
4) B1-tricycles and quadricycles;
5) B – motor vehicles with a laden weight does not exceed 3500 kilograms and the number of seating positions, excluding the driver's seat, not more than eight seats, as well as the following categories of connection to the tractor trailer whose total laden weight of which does not exceed 750 kilograms, the connection of a tractor vehicle in category B and a trailer, where the connection full mass not exceeding 3500 kilograms and the full weight of the trailer does not exceed the unladen mass of the tractor vehicles;
6) C1 – motor vehicles with a laden weight of over 3500 kg but does not exceed 7500 kg, and which do not fall within the category D, as well as the following categories of connection to the tractor trailer whose total laden weight of which does not exceed 750 kilograms;
7) C-motor vehicles with a laden weight of over 3500 kilograms and which do not fall within the category D, as well as the following categories of connection to the tractor trailer whose total laden weight of which does not exceed 750 kilograms;
8) D1: motor vehicles for the carriage of passengers, of which the number of seating positions, excluding the driver's seat, more than eight points, but not more than 16 seats, as well as the following categories of connection to the tractor trailer whose total laden weight of which does not exceed 750 kilograms;
9) D — motor vehicles for the carriage of passengers, of which the number of seating positions, excluding the driver's seat, more than eight points, as well as the following categories of connection to the tractor trailer whose total laden weight of which does not exceed 750 kilograms;
10) BE of a tractor vehicle in category B and a trailer, where the connection this connection does not fall within category B;
11) C1-C1 connection to the tractor trailer, which was exceeding 750 full kilograms, if such connection laden weight does not exceed 12 000 kilograms and the full mass of the trailer does not exceed the unladen mass of the tractor vehicles;
CE category C 12): connection to the tractor trailer that full weight of over 750 kilograms;
13) D1-D1 connection to the tractor trailer, which was exceeding 750 full kilograms, if such connection laden weight does not exceed 12 000 kilograms and the full mass of the trailer does not exceed the unladen mass of the tractor vehicles;
14) DE-category D connection to the tractor trailer that full weight of over 750 kilograms;
tram: tram 15);
16-METER bus.)
(3) the technical categories of driving licence appropriate technical: 1) — (A) wheeled tractors with the capacity of up to 150 horsepower engine;
2) B-all wheeled tractors;
3) C all crawler tractor;
4) D-cereals, industrial crops and grass harvesting complex pašgājējmašīn;
5) E-autogreider.
(4) special driver's license record implements its implements (drainage, forest development and grooming machines, excavators, bulldozers, pipe licējmašīn, etc.) name, which reflektant put in the driving exam.
24. article. Driving and certain categories of road users age restrictions (1) a Person wishing to obtain a driver's rights must be achieved for the following ages: 1) 16 years for categories A1 and B1 driving licences;
2) 18 years — A2, B and C1 driving licence;
3) 21 years — A, C, D1, D, BE, C1E driving licence, as well as the tram and trolley bus;
4) 16 years-with an engine power of tractors up to 150 horsepower crawler tractor and driver's licence;
5) 17 years — all manner of implements driving licence.
(2) a Person who is in the mandatory active military service, you can get a C, CE, D and D1 categories of driving licence from the age of 19.
(3) train persons to drive may be no earlier than two years prior to the relevant category of vehicle driver's licence for a certain age.
(4) to drive a moped is permitted from the age of 14.
(5) ride a bike without adult escort, drive, ride or harnessed to propel the herd along the way allowed from the age of 12.
25. article. Driving duties (1) the driver of a motor vehicle must be accompanied by the undermentioned documents must give the inspection at the police officers, border guards (to the State border or frontier) or customs (customs zone), implements the driver — even after the State technical supervision inspection at the request of employees: 1) for the right to drive a vehicle of the relevant category;
2) vehicle registration document;
3) for vehicle owners civil liability compulsory insurance;
4) documents in accordance with these laws and regulations necessary for the driver to control the vehicle (operational vehicle or a similar vehicle) or the carriage of the cargo (dangerous, oversized, heavyweight and similar goods);
5 the power of vehicle use), departure from Latvia, the owner of the vehicle if not present. A mandate is a civil law notary or other persons mentioned in article 1474 of the attestation; If the vehicle owner (holder) is a legal entity, the term also can certify the vehicle owner (holder).
(2) the driver prior to departure to verify whether the vehicle is technically maintained, and completed, as well as to follow the road to the technical condition of the vehicle.
(3) the driver must comply with this law, the road traffic regulations and other road traffic laws and regulatory requirements, moving along the road, as well as other places where transportation.
26. article. Driving law (1) the driver has the right to: 1) drive a vehicle and carry passengers or freight by road and other places where traffic is prohibited in a certain order;
2) learn of his reason for stopping a vehicle, as well as learn the official name and position that stopped him.
(2) the operational drivers, carrying out urgent tasks, as well as professional drivers that vehicles spend operational vehicles, if necessary, may derogate from certain road traffic regulations provided that road safety is guaranteed.
27. article. Road traffic participants in road traffic accidents (1) any road users must do everything possible to provide first aid for road accident victims.
(2) the driver of the vehicle involved in an accident must stop immediately and remain in the place of the accident, you must turn on hazard warning lights and installed emergency sign, but if this is not possible, another way to warn other road users of road traffic accidents. The driver must do everything possible to provide first aid to the victim, must be called quick medical attention, but if this is not possible, the victim with their own or another passing vehicle to be delivered to the nearest medical facility, but must return to the accident site.

(3) the driver must do everything possible to keep the place of the accident event traces, you must write down eyewitnesses name, surname and address.
(4) for a road traffic accident the driver must notify police and further to follow its instructions. If a road accident than people and did not suffer a loss in foreign assets, a driver may leave the accident site and go to the nearest road police post or Police Department to report the incident.
(5) the driver after a traffic accident to the State of intoxication of an infringement for the purpose of inspection or release in a fixed order of such checks shall be prohibited to use alcoholic beverages, narcotic or psihotoksisk substances.
28. article. Also, vehicles, implements the prohibition of driving the vehicle, also implements, the driver to drive the vehicle is prohibited: 1) while the effect of alcoholic beverages (alcohol in humans may not cause a blood alcohol content that reaches 0.5 [permil] or corresponding concentration of other biological environments). Influence of alcohol testing procedures established by the Cabinet of Ministers;
2) while in the narcotic, psihotoksisk, or other intoxicating substances impression;
3) for sick or exhausted to the extent that it may affect driving performance and road safety, as well as the use of medication that reduces the reaction speed and attention.
29. article. Driving disqualifications driver can take away the right to drive vehicles for this Act or violation of road traffic regulations of law and order in the cases provided for, as well as if you have the proper medical examiner's opinion that he encountered medical pretindikācij of driving.
30. article. Removal of vehicle driver's licence for a period of (1) If the driver committed this Act, road traffic regulations, or other infringement of the laws, which in accordance with the laws and regulations may impose administrative penalties or be held criminally liable, State police officer driver robbed licence pending a decision in the case, but if a fine is imposed, subject to fines and up to on the entry in the record of the infraction as well as driving law issued by the driver pagaidatļauj driver's license.
(2) the Protocol does not constitute infractions and driving licence would be withdrawn, if in accordance with the law, fines levied and collected in the place of the offence and the offender does not deny the infringement and of the penalties imposed.
Chapter v C1, D1, (C) and (D) category of driving licences for cars, driving and rest periods article 31. Requirements for car driving and rest times respected driver, who leads the C1, D1, (C) or (D) a driving licence in the category according to the vehicle to comply with this law and other legal requirements in relation to the working and rest time.
32. article. The permissible duration of driving (1) the total driving time per day may not exceed eight hours, but not more than twice a week it can be extended up to nine hours.
(2) the periods of driving time may not exceed 90 hours in two weeks in a row.
33. article. The maximum continuous driving time (1) the maximum continuous driving time may not exceed 4.5 hours.
(2) After 4.5 hours of continuous driving must be at least forty five minute long rest periods.
34. article. Exception respecting road safety, the driver in an emergency (accident, the provision of assistance to victims, etc.) in may derogate from this law, 31, 32 and 33, the requirements of article, in order to guarantee the people, vehicles or goods.
35. article. International road transport operations are carried out by international road transport, driving and rest time is determined by the relevant international treaties.
Chapter VI Organization of the road article 36. Road traffic organizations target road traffic organization's objective is to ensure continuous, rhythmic and fast road, as well as to guarantee the maximum security.
37. article. The basic road traffic organization in Latvia vehicles moving along the road.
38. article. Road traffic organization technical means (1) the traffic on roads organized by road signs, road markings, traffic lights, traffic and pedestrian flow fences and other technical means, which comply with the minimum standards and other regulatory requirements.
(2) traffic organization technical deployment and installation take the road Manager in accordance with the design documentation.
(3) the travel manager is responsible for traffic organization technical means and their timely permanent being in working order.
(4) the travel manager is prohibited to remove or change the road traffic organization technical dislocation without the road traffic safety Directorate.
39. article. Planning and design of urban planning, settlements and urban residential building, as well as designing residential home, public buildings and other objects, it is necessary to lay down the measures to be able to provide a comfortable and safe traffic, sufficient number of vehicle parking opportunity roll up on buildings and other objects.
40. article. On the road or in the immediate vicinity of the reconciliation (1) If on the road or in the immediate vicinity of it intended to carry out activities that may affect the safety of road traffic (tool of mass sporting events, or to provide marketing or other services, install, deploy reklāmobjekt trade, catering or other service objects, etc.), these activities should be harmonized road traffic safety Directorate and to receive the travel manager's (owner's) permission.
(2) the mass or the holding of sports events should also be aligned in the relevant territorial police institutions.
Article 41. Road traffic regulation and supervision (1) road traffic is regulated and supervised by police officers and other law and other regulations it authorized.
(2) persons authorized to actively regulate the traffic on the road, as well as the people who monitor the traffic must be at any time of day in the conspicuous uniforms with reflective material elements and with distinction, and they must be present in the service certificate.
Article 42. On the road to responsibilities of persons working (1) persons who perform work on the road bike parts, must be at any time of day in the work of conspicuous clothing with reflective material elements.
(2) road construction and repair work the operator must ensure that the repair place to travel is marked with road signs, captive and distracting devices.
(3) the dark time of the day and not enough visibility to provide this visibility with reflective material. Where additional reflective materials including the use of warning lights, as well as their application procedures determined by the technical regulations.
Chapter VII liability article 43. The responsibility for road safety regulatory requirement violation (1) Of this law, and other road safety regulatory requirement violation perpetrators called to statutory liability.
(2) where, in accordance with the Latvian Code of administrative offences for driving there's responsibility but the driver is not found and the owner (possessor) does not specify which was the driver at the time of the infringement, the infringement on the responsibility of the vehicle owner (possessor). If the vehicle has exited from the owner (possessor) tenure rather than his own fault, but another person's illegal activities, violation of the reply that person.
44. article. Loss compensation (1) of this Act or other road safety regulatory breach caused loss should be compensated.
(2) for the operation of the vehicle as a result of the damage caused by the owner or possessor of the vehicle answer, if he proves that the loss incurred as a result of force majeure, by the victim or victim's serious negligence or other reasons, which are in accordance with the law shall be exempt from liability for loss compensation. Co-owners and līdzmantiniek on damages jointly and severally responsible.
(3) in cases where the vehicle is released to the holder, the holder responsible for the injury if he has agreed with the owners of other losses. However, if the holder is away (outside the country) is not known, his place of residence or the complete loss of his recovery is not possible, for the loss of response vehicle owner.

(4) If the vehicle is left from the owner, possessor or holder of tenure rather than his own fault, but other illegal activity of the person, on the person responsible for damage. If the owner, possessor or holder's behavior is not a justification to pay damages as may be required from the person who used the vehicle, it also from the owner, possessor or holder according to the degree of fault of each.
(5) insurance against civil liability in respect of the third party in the event of damages caused by the procedures governing a separate law on insurance against civil liability in respect of the insurance.
Chapter VIII supplementary provisions article 45. In exceptional cases (1) prohibited to issue a special permit, which gives the right to depart from this rule and road traffic regulations.
(2) in some cases, the mail and collection vehicles with special traffic Ministry and Ministry for Home Affairs coordinated the passes the performance of job tasks, have the right not to comply with the provisions of the stops and parking, as well as the road signs, "the ride", "motor vehicles" and "drive trucks to drive".
Article 46. Effect to the provisions relating to foreign nationals and stateless persons in this law, the road traffic rules and other legislation governing the relations in the area of road safety, also applies to vehicles registered abroad, as well as their owners, drivers and other road users, those situated in the territory of Latvia, if international treaties that Latvia, a member is not otherwise provided for.
47. article. Rules for drivers arriving in Latvia from abroad or imported vehicles in Latvia (1), the driver who arrives in Latvia from abroad allowed to drive, if he is present in the driver's licence with the 1968 Convention on road traffic in certain categories of driver.
(2) a driver who arrives in Latvia from abroad and staying in Latvia for more than six months, in exchange of a driving licence.
(3) From foreign countries temporarily imported motor vehicles and their trailers, located in Latvia for more than three months and participates in road traffic, the recorded road traffic safety Directorate, but implements — national technical supervision inspection.
48. article. The application of international agreements If the Saeima approved the international treaty provides for different rules than this law, applicable international treaty provisions.
Transitional provisions 1 to Cabinet of Ministers regulations for the issue of the law applicable to the enforcement of the existing laws and regulations, to the extent they do not conflict with this Act.
2. With the entry into force of this Act shall terminate the constitutional order of article 81 of the Cabinet of Ministers issued in 1997, the provisions of 7 April No. 135 "rules of the road" (Latvian Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1997, no. 10, 18).
The Parliament adopted the law of 1 October 1997.
In place of the President the President of the Parliament Member a. America 1997 in Riga on October 21.