Why doesn’t every driver with category “B” have the right to drive an ATV?
- January 29, 2024
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At the end of last year, Federal Law No. 625 was published. After getting familiar with it, many owners of ATVs and snowmobiles came to the conclusion that
At the end of last year, Federal Law No. 625 was published. After getting familiar with it, many owners of ATVs and snowmobiles came to the conclusion that from now on it is necessary to drive off-road motorcycles (including on public roads). is sufficient to have a driving license with an open category “B”, “C” or “D”. But it turned out that not everything in this matter is so simple, and some extreme sports enthusiasts have already paid for it. The law is so elegantly written that you cannot understand it without a glass of tea. Nevertheless, the AutoVzglyad portal got to the bottom of it. Looking ahead, we will say that with a car license you can actually drive a quad or snowflake. But not everyone.
So, what kind of “beast” is Federal Law No. 625? Essentially, this document makes changes to articles of several other federal statutory regulations. In particular art. 10 625-FZ amends the Federal Law of July 2, 2021 No. 297-FZ “On self-driving vehicles and other types of equipment.”
The whole fuss arose due to the fact that if it was previously clearly stated that to drive ATVs and snowmobiles you need a tractor driver’s license with an open category “A1”, then in the new interpretation the “control” of a self-driving car pistol is allowed confirm his right to the pilot’s seat with the help of a driver’s license for the car and a “lease agreement (rental agreement) or other paid agreement that provides for the temporary transfer of a self-driving car to a citizen for control, subject to a safety instruction by the person who provided it.”
Let us not forget that the reason for introducing these changes was the order of the President of the Russian Federation on the development of tourism in our country. And in almost every region of our country, vacationers are offered tours on ATVs or snowmobiles through the local beauties as an entertainment program. But bad luck: any meeting with government officials (an inspector of the traffic police or an employee of Gostekhnadzor) promised big trouble.
After all, tourists, many of whom were riding an all-terrain vehicle or snowmobile for the first time in their lives, never had a ‘tractor driver’s license’. poor guys got a protocol. Thanks to the changes, rental points have left the gray zone and can now, on fully legal grounds, hand over the wheel to those who have a car “driving license” of category “B”, “C”, “D”. And when a striped bar flashes in front of a tourist’s nose, all he has to do is show a regular driver’s license, a registration certificate of a self-driving vehicle and a rental agreement for this junk car.
But if the ATV or snowmobile is in your personal possession, unfortunately, changes to the letter of the law will not affect you in any way. And if you met a traffic policeman on the way, you are, as before, obliged to hand over your tractor driver’s license in uniform to your comrade. Regular “licenses” will not work. And this, in fact, is an extremely strange situation: does the presence of a rental agreement really turn the renter of an ATV or snowmobile into a more experienced rider than the one who constantly operates this equipment?
Overall nothing new. Our legislators have not learned to take a comprehensive approach to solving certain problems and, in general, to modernizing the legislative system. And the only thing they are needed for, in the language of plumbers, is only for the chaotic repair of pipes of a long rotten system.
Photo “AvtoVzglyad”.
So, what kind of “beast” is Federal Law No. 625? Essentially, this document makes changes to articles of several other federal statutory regulations. In particular art. 10 625-FZ amends the Federal Law of July 2, 2021 No. 297-FZ “On self-driving vehicles and other types of equipment.”
The whole fuss arose due to the fact that if it was previously clearly stated that to drive ATVs and snowmobiles you need a tractor driver’s license with an open category “A1”, then in the new interpretation the “control” of a self-driving car pistol is allowed confirm his right to the pilot’s seat with the help of a driver’s license for the car and a “lease agreement (rental agreement) or other paid agreement that provides for the temporary transfer of a self-driving car to a citizen for control, subject to a safety instruction by the person who provided it.”
Let us not forget that the reason for introducing these changes was the order of the President of the Russian Federation on the development of tourism in our country. And in almost every region of our country, vacationers are offered tours on ATVs or snowmobiles through the local beauties as an entertainment program. But bad luck: any meeting with government officials (an inspector of the traffic police or an employee of Gostekhnadzor) promised big trouble.
After all, tourists, many of whom were riding an all-terrain vehicle or snowmobile for the first time in their lives, never had a ‘tractor driver’s license’. poor guys got a protocol. Thanks to the changes, rental points have left the gray zone and can now, on fully legal grounds, hand over the wheel to those who have a car “driving license” of category “B”, “C”, “D”. And when a striped bar flashes in front of a tourist’s nose, all he has to do is show a regular driver’s license, a registration certificate of a self-driving vehicle and a rental agreement for this junk car.
But if the ATV or snowmobile is in your personal possession, unfortunately, changes to the letter of the law will not affect you in any way. And if you met a traffic policeman on the way, you are, as before, obliged to hand over your tractor driver’s license in uniform to your comrade. Regular “licenses” will not work. And this, in fact, is an extremely strange situation: does the presence of a rental agreement really turn the renter of an ATV or snowmobile into a more experienced rider than the one who constantly operates this equipment?
Overall nothing new. Our legislators have not learned to take a comprehensive approach to solving certain problems and, in general, to modernizing the legislative system. And the only thing they are needed for, in the language of plumbers, is only for the chaotic repair of pipes of a long rotten system.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
Donald Salinas is an experienced automobile journalist and writer for Div Bracket. He brings his readers the latest news and developments from the world of automobiles, offering a unique and knowledgeable perspective on the latest trends and innovations in the automotive industry.
