Criteria for the Applicability of Automatic Fixation to Administrative Offenses in the Field of Road Traffic

The automatic fixation of administrative offenses in the field of road traffic has been applied in Rus­ sia since the entry into force of the Federal Law No. 210-FZ of June 24, 2007 “On Amendments to the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses”. A new way to identify and fix administrative offenses has caused a number of legal and organizational problems. One of them is the definition of legal criteria, which should correspond to the detected offenses in automatic mode. The article proposes four criteria, the main one of which should be the public danger of an offense. The use of a simplified procedure for administrative offenses and minimal punishment should be limited.