безопасность дорожного движения, административные правонарушения, административная ответственность, road safety, administrative offenses, administrative responsibility, Law

The Author analyzes the signs of an administrative offense in the field of traffic, considers its composition, paying special attention to the public danger as an obligatory general sign of such offenses. Offers a definition of the public danger of an administrative offense. Also in the article the problems based on high latency of administrative offenses in the field of traffic are considered. The Author reveals the connection between frequent changes to regulatory legal acts and the low efficiency of jurisdictional bodies in the prevention of violations of the Rules of Road Traffic.