Driving in Berlin: SPD demands the end of prison terms!

Driving in Berlin: SPD demands the end of prison terms!

The Berlin SPD plans to change radicals in dealing with illegal driving: In the future, driving without a valid ticket should no longer be a criminal offense. The pressure on the black and red coalition is increasing, since more and more politicians are no longer considering the previous measures than up to date. The Marzahner SPD MP Jan Lehmann emphasized that the detention of black drivers was not human and financially even more expensive than the outstanding ticket costs. "As a result, an adhesion day for the country's finances is also more expensive than the demands compensated with it," said Lehmann, while the Berlin transport companies (BVG) are thinking about not making any criminal applications in the future, according to the report by B.Z. .

political pressure and new laws

In a recently introduced application, the Berlin left demand that the BVG should in future do without advertisements against passengers without a valid ticket. Sebastian Schlüsselburg, the legal policy spokesman for the left, argued that this was financially unproblematic for the BVG, since the increased transport fees could continue to be enforced. Schlüscasburg also called for a tax -financed local transport to ensure social participation. According to a report by rbb24 have.

The advance of decriminalizing illegal driving, but encounters the CDU's resistance, which rejects a change. There are currently several hundred people in the Berlin prisons who have a compensation for compensation because they have been convicted of illegal driving. Currently, 320 prisoners are serving such punishments. Critics argue that this system affects disproportionately poor people who rely on public transport and cannot afford ticket prices. The political landscape in Berlin has been concerned with the debate about a reform for years and could soon lead to new legal regulations.