On differentiation of administrative and criminal offences in the sphere of road traffic: problems of theory and practice

The article proves that the differentiation of administrative and crimes and other misdeeds has a great significance in the sphere of legitimacy support on application of amenability measures. The right qualification of a traffic offence contributes to promotion of traffic safety and observance of human and civil rights and liberties. The article considers all constituent elements of administrative offence and crime in the sphere of road traffic according to the general legal theory and general theory of administrative law; marks out the criteria for differentiation of administrative misdeeds and crimes in the present sphere of social relations.