World experience of legal regulation of road safety

Abstract

The article analyzes the characteristics of the legal regulation of road safety in different countries of the world. In addition, current issues in the field of road safety are revealed, which can be conditionally divided into several groups. Such issues include legal regulation; the structural organization of legal regulation: personnel, material, technical and financial support. The key directions of the state policy of different countries of the world in the field of ensuring road safety are identified, as well as new principles for the formation of criteria to guarantee road safety. It analyses the positive experience of some countries in the field of road safety. In particular, the experience of China, Japan, and some European countries in the field of ensuring road safety could be considered by other countries at the same time as the legal regulation of road safety. It is concluded that, to improve the efficiency of the legal regulation of road safety, a systematic approach is required, including the development of objective indicators, the use of systematic and evidence-based measures aimed at preventing road accidents and reducing the severity of their consequences.