The Brazilian Traffic Code (CTB) will undergo some changes in 2022.
The changes came from law 14.229/2021, approved in October. The main ones are on the weight limit of vehicles, the fine on cars without driver identification by companies and the suspension effect for drivers who commit any infraction.
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Check out more details about the changes.
New Driver’s License
Despite not having all the points clarified yet, the new National Driver’s License will start to be valid in the month of June 2022.
It will feature a revamped design and will feature new categories like A and A1, B and B1, C and C1 and so on.
weight limits
According to the new law, the maximum weight tolerance per axle in cargo transport vehicles such as buses and trucks will be increased from 10% to 12.5% without the application of penalties.
This change is the result of an old demand of truck drivers and transport companies.
No Driver Indication
There will also be changes, starting in April, in the fine for Non-Indication of a Driver (NIC) by the company that owns the vehicle.
“Currently, the legislation provides for a fine with an amount equivalent to the multiplication by the number of offenses committed in a period of 12 months by that vehicle. The new wording reduced the value of the fine to twice the value of the original fine, which will avoid high imposition of fines for companies”, explains traffic specialist lawyer Cristiano Baratto.
Suspensive effect of penalties
The last major change in the Code for 2022 is related to the suspensive effect. In practice, no punishment can be applied to the driver without having exhausted all defense possibilities.
“This aspect applies to the transit authority that does not respect the period of 180 days between the fact and notification and 360 days for the transit agent to respond to whoever exercised his right to present a defense in advance. The legislation also establishes a period of up to 24 months for the judgment of appeals. If this limit is exceeded, the punitive claim prescribes”, said Baratto.
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