THE DELIMITATION OF GUILT FORMS IN THE CASE OF ROAD EVENTS
THE DELIMITATION OF GUILT FORMS IN THE CASE OF ROAD EVENTS

Summary/Abstract: Analysing the practice of the court decisions in recent years, we can observe an increased retention of indirect intent (dolus eventualis) in the cases of road accidents. The reasoning itself sounds paradoxical and suggests the idea of inadvertence. If the accident is an unforeseeable event, how is it possible for it to be committed intentionally? However, by examining case by case the conditions under which these accidents occurred, the categorical, indisputable errors of the active subjects, the retention of indirect intent does not pose significant problems in analysing culpability. Nevertheless, the purpose of this article is to highlight the fact that indirect intent in the case of road events remains the exception, and a shift in practice to the contrary is not only dangerous but also capable of vehemently violating the fundamental principles of criminal liability.

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