“I ask you to consider the possibility of introducing the practice of suspending the right to drive a vehicle (“freezing” of the driver’s license) in cases where the driver has ten or more unpaid fines,” said Krupnik in a message to Lt. General of Police. Mikhail Chernikov.

According to the St. Petersburg lawmaker, unscrupulous car owners ignore traffic rules. After yet another high-profile accident in which such a driver is involved, it often turns out that he is ‘hanging’ with many unpaid fines for sometimes dozens or hundreds of violations on the road. Thus, a large debt to pay fines within the framework of existing legislation does not affect the right of the offender to drive a vehicle. The deputy proposes to eliminate this gap, RT reports.

Let us note that such changes in legislation can only be implemented by modernizing the federal Code of Administrative Offenses. That is, the novel must first be passed through the Duma. After all, the head of the Russian State Traffic Inspectorate does not in principle have the opportunity to come up with legislative initiatives. It is unlikely that Deputy Pavel Krupnik is not aware of this circumstance. This leads to the conclusion that his ‘initiative’ is nothing more than a populist move, which does not initially imply any real changes in legislation.

“I ask you to consider the possibility of introducing the practice of suspending the right to drive a vehicle (“freezing” of the driver’s license) in cases where the driver has ten or more unpaid fines,” said Krupnik in a message to Lt. General of Police. Mikhail Chernikov.

According to the St. Petersburg lawmaker, unscrupulous car owners ignore traffic rules. After yet another high-profile accident in which such a driver is involved, it often turns out that he is ‘hanging’ with many unpaid fines for sometimes dozens or hundreds of violations on the road. Thus, a large debt to pay fines within the framework of existing legislation does not affect the right of the offender to drive a vehicle. The deputy proposes to eliminate this gap, RT reports.

Let us note that such changes in legislation can only be implemented by modernizing the federal Code of Administrative Offenses. That is, the novel must first be passed through the Duma. After all, the head of the Russian State Traffic Inspectorate does not in principle have the opportunity to come up with legislative initiatives. It is unlikely that Deputy Pavel Krupnik is not aware of this circumstance. This leads to the conclusion that his ‘initiative’ is nothing more than a populist move, which does not initially imply any real changes in legislation.