200zl mandat and 3 points for not wearing seatbelts?

Could also be the quality of driving instructors. I have observed a few drivers and they don't seem to have a clue about correct gear changes, approach to junctions, and of course overtaking. Mybe new drivers are also influenced by the established manner of driving in Poland. We only really learn to drive after passing our tests'. I wonder if most people just learn in a bad environment.


I suppose it also prevents the policeman/woman writing out 4 x zl100 fines when he/she can just write out 1 x zl400. Not to mention the 3 points, which was shocking for me. Probably yes in future I would think of the points more than the (smallish) fine.

Funnily enough I remember working around the UK with my Dad around 20 years ago (in HGV's). For some odd reason we didn't have to wear seatbelts!! My Dad was a real stickler, so it must have been law.

Or stupidity. In your case, maybe it's an inherited gene.

Look, I don't like to ping on you. It's just that seat belts save lives. Long before seat belts were mandatory in cars in the US, I installed them i cars I bought which didn't have them. Sadly enough, I can tell you too many stories about injuries or deaths of people who weren't wearing them, but for the moment I'll spare you the graphic details.

Buckle up. Always. Live long and prosper.

Why stupidity?Maybe as a HGV (whatever it is?) driver he was not required to buckle up.You know of course that motor vehicle laws of (at least) DC,Maryland and Virginia does not require taxi cab drivers to wear seat belts.Or don't you?

It's clickit or ticket. Always wear your seatbelt.

+1


None of those places are in Poland.

Just had a quick look and it appears there were/are certain exceptions (applicable whilst driving HGV - heavy goods vehicles). This was obviously the case I remember. It seemed to apply to multiple deliveries within a small radius.

Not sure which I would choose: no seatbelt or a dodgily fitted DIY installation!! Probably the former.

In no way would I condone not wearing seatbelts 99.95% of the time, but believe common sense should have prevailed in my case. Let's just imagine you want to move your car 10 meters. You run outside, jump in, turn the key and move your car forward. Who in this instance would wear a belt? By law, I'm sure that would be points and a fine if caught, but most people would expect common sense to be used in this situation.

Polish bus drivers are exempt, as are lorry/truck drivers unless their cabs are fitted with belts. Taxi drivers do not need to wear a belt while they have passengers on board,but do when they are alone. This is according to my wannabe pro-driver student.

Just to say as from today you cannot refuse to accept and pay a mandat (on the spot fine) , you can appeal to the court later (good luck with that one)

No, not yet. PiS is planning to introduce it but it is stil a long way coz it is unconstitutional.

Probably won't happen now that Gowin has publicly come out against it.

Is this government actually talking to each other, or are they just too busy stabbing each other in the back?

Its done dusted

hey but PO's MP all of them supported that bill.

You are lying, as usual. There wasn`t any bill yet. You don`t know what we are talking about.

No you dont pay your mandats.

Exactly. I don`t pay them at all. Coz they hardly ever give me a chance to get one. The last one was in the previous decade.