The reason for such conclusions was the ‘forwarding’ of a voluminous message in a number of popular telegram news channels, in which silent (to the public) discussions are described about a substantial increase in the penalties for traffic violations. In particular, the “leak” (anonymous, which is typical!) refers to alleged driver insensitivity, especially given the 50% “discount”, fines for the most common traffic offense – speeding at 20-40 mph. It is also alleged that some experts are in favor of abolishing the practice of paying half the amount of the fine within 20 days of the decision being issued.

All this discourages drivers, and they perceive the fine (allegedly!) as a kind of payment for a “service” – an opportunity to break the rules. This approach also has opponents who believe that the increase in fines will upset a certain balance in society in which motorists (more than 50 million Russians) are willing to accept the established “tariffs”. A significant increase in fines in the current socio-economic situation “could become another shock to the vast majority of Russians, given the lack of a noticeable increase in real incomes.”

The sudden emergence of the topic of heavier fines for drivers is surprising, to say the least. Police statistics assure that there are fewer and fewer accidents, the number of road casualties is falling steadily year after year. It is clear that drastic measures (such as higher fines) are not necessary to ‘break through’ any serious road safety problems. Then why are they talking about it now?

A slightly different view of the problem is taken by the vice president of the National Automobile Union, Anton Shaparin.

“Increasing the fines of the Code of Administrative Offenses only for drivers will unbalance our system of administrative sanctions. It turns out that for exceeding the speed limit by 20 km / h, the fine should be increased, but for passing, for example – no? The social damage of this violation of the traffic rules is clearly less than of street poverty! I strongly suspect that this point of view is inherent in very many Russians. I think the authorities understand this. Therefore, I assume that we will be on the “expanded” path of increasing receipts from fines, so to speak: not through their increase, but through a sharp increase in the camera fleet for the automatic recording of traffic violations. Now they account for about 90% of administrative decisions in the 12th (“directors”) chapter of the Code of Administrative Offenses. Meanwhile, in Russia there are many regions that have only a few such complexes. Accordingly, people go there almost as they please. Bend! Especially when compared with the behavior of motorists on the roads of Moscow or, for example, Tatarstan, where there are many automatic cameras. Because of the regions that are still not really “covered” by video footage, “penalty” revenues for the treasury should be increased,” Shaparin believes.

The reason for such conclusions was the ‘forwarding’ of a voluminous message in a number of popular telegram news channels, in which silent (to the public) discussions are described about a substantial increase in the penalties for traffic violations. In particular, the “leak” (anonymous, which is typical!) refers to alleged driver insensitivity, especially given the 50% “discount”, fines for the most common traffic offense – speeding at 20-40 mph. It is also alleged that some experts are in favor of abolishing the practice of paying half the amount of the fine within 20 days of the decision being issued.

All this discourages drivers, and they perceive the fine (allegedly!) as a kind of payment for a “service” – an opportunity to break the rules. This approach also has opponents who believe that the increase in fines will upset a certain balance in society in which motorists (more than 50 million Russians) are willing to accept the established “tariffs”. A significant increase in fines in the current socio-economic situation “could become another shock to the vast majority of Russians, given the lack of a noticeable increase in real incomes.”

The sudden emergence of the topic of heavier fines for drivers is surprising, to say the least. Police statistics assure that there are fewer and fewer accidents, the number of road casualties is falling steadily year after year. It is clear that drastic measures (such as higher fines) are not necessary to ‘break through’ any serious road safety problems. Then why are they talking about it now?

A slightly different view of the problem is taken by the vice president of the National Automobile Union, Anton Shaparin.

“Increasing the fines of the Code of Administrative Offenses only for drivers will unbalance our system of administrative sanctions. It turns out that for exceeding the speed limit by 20 km / h, the fine should be increased, but for passing, for example – no? The social damage of this violation of the traffic rules is clearly less than of street poverty! I strongly suspect that this point of view is inherent in very many Russians. I think the authorities understand this. Therefore, I assume that we will be on the “expanded” path of increasing receipts from fines, so to speak: not through their increase, but through a sharp increase in the camera fleet for the automatic recording of traffic violations. Now they account for about 90% of administrative decisions in the 12th (“directors”) chapter of the Code of Administrative Offenses. Meanwhile, in Russia there are many regions that have only a few such complexes. Accordingly, people go there almost as they please. Bend! Especially when compared with the behavior of motorists on the roads of Moscow or, for example, Tatarstan, where there are many automatic cameras. Because of the regions that are still not really “covered” by video recording, “fine” revenues for the Treasury must be increased,” Shaparin believes.