The law n. 41/2016 has recently introduced, into the Italian penal code, articles
n. 589-bis and 590-bis that concern vehicular homicide and road traffic personal
injuries. Although this leads to a tightening of the penalties, today a lot of criticities
still remains; in particular, the assessment of the psychophysical condition of
the driver and relative applying procedures. These problematic issues have already
been highlighted under a medico-legal perspective and today emerge also from
an acquittal or conviction sentences that, arising from
