Duma and officials want to kill every bus trip
- September 7, 2022
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A rather strange bill is about to be passed by the State Duma. Deputies, concerned about the increase in public transport accidents, will make it even more acute.
A rather strange bill is about to be passed by the State Duma. Deputies, concerned about the increase in public transport accidents, will make it even more acute. We are talking about the fact that people’s choices want to leave completely unprepared and inexperienced drivers behind the wheel of buses.
Since the most important decisions are made in secret in our country, we live in ignorance … Who and when canceled the unwavering rule of the USSR – to allow drivers with three years of truck driving experience to drive a bus? Until the driver got used to driving a big and heavy (there were no others in the country) truck with category “C” in a few years and rolls with category “E” for another year, it was impossible to get into a driving school for training in category “D”.
But at some point, the sales department of the traffic police decided that this was too long a hurdle that did not allow selling “rights” to everyone, and the protection mechanism was revoked. And today you can not have any “rights” or experience at all, but still go to a driving school and immediately start training for a bus category “D”. And in three months on the line with a full bus of passengers.
Meanwhile, category “D” in the USSR was the most prestigious, rare and respected. Now it is only the most expensive on the price list. It was possible to study for professional “laws” in the Soviet Union, either at DOSAAF and the Code of Criminal Procedure, or at large car transport companies, bus depots and factories. The country had a hierarchy of drivers, as well as a system of incentives and rewards.
In addition to respect, “D” was well paid, because parallel to the categories there was a rate scale and bonuses for class. The driver of the third class, regardless of the category (“B” or “C”), received 71 ₽50 kopecks at the lowest rate. The driver of the second class had a higher salary and a bonus of +15%. And the “mates” of the first class already had + 25% salary. As the truck drivers paid for tonne-kilometres became the richest, a system of bonuses was developed for bus drivers for fuel economy, for driving safely, for 100,000 km without overhaul. This gave an incentive to grow and to be proud of the result.
Deputies of the State Duma, drawn to turning back time, heard from someone a reasonable hint about the past and resolutely advised themselves to discuss, rewrite and adopt an amendment to legislative acts determining admission to education. The old rule seems to them a new idea and allows them to treat themselves as reformers.
Along with the initiative to return to the USSR, the deputies want to defeat foreigners driving through Russia with foreign driver’s licenses. It is proposed to pass compulsory examinations for persons who have received citizenship or residence permit in our country, after six months from the date of obtaining a document of legal residence. However, the deputies did not succeed in the motivational part of the bill.
In their opinion, the traffic rules in all countries are different, so it is necessary to force foreigners to learn the Russian rules. But the problem is that traffic rules all over the world are… the same. Even in countries that have not signed the Geneva or Vienna Conventions on Road Safety. The traffic rules are perhaps the only legal document in the world that is the same for everyone.
Although the deputies are not always motivated only by smart ideas. In this case, they have listened to the traffic police inspectors, and there are almost no informed people in the road police, there is no one there to follow the traffic rules, and the life of the organization is not based on laws, but on concepts.
Therefore, of the two sudden insights that have caught up with the deputies of the State Duma, the most rational is to implement an idea with a category “D” and at least one year of truck driving experience. Even despite the fact that the deputies unknowingly planned to allow the bus category for those who do not have a “C” load and drive a category “B” car for only a year. And to extort bribes from foreigners, one would have to come up with something more important than stupidity by other rules.
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Since the most important decisions are made in secret in our country, we live in ignorance … Who and when canceled the unwavering rule of the USSR – to allow drivers with three years of truck driving experience to drive a bus? Until the driver got used to driving a big and heavy (there were no others in the country) truck with category “C” in a few years and rolls with category “E” for another year, it was impossible to get into a driving school for training in category “D”.
But at some point, the sales department of the traffic police decided that this was too long a hurdle that did not allow selling “rights” to everyone, and the protection mechanism was revoked. And today you can not have any “rights” or experience at all, but still go to a driving school and immediately start training for a bus category “D”. And in three months on the line with a full bus of passengers.
Meanwhile, category “D” in the USSR was the most prestigious, rare and respected. Now it is only the most expensive on the price list. It was possible to study for professional “laws” in the Soviet Union, either at DOSAAF and the Code of Criminal Procedure, or at large car transport companies, bus depots and factories. The country had a hierarchy of drivers, as well as a system of incentives and rewards.
In addition to respect, “D” was well paid, because parallel to the categories there was a rate scale and bonuses for class. The driver of the third class, regardless of the category (“B” or “C”), received 71 ₽50 kopecks at the lowest rate. The driver of the second class had a higher salary and a bonus of +15%. And the “mates” of the first class already had + 25% salary. As the truck drivers paid for tonne-kilometres became the richest, a system of bonuses was developed for bus drivers for fuel economy, for driving safely, for 100,000 km without overhaul. This gave an incentive to grow and to be proud of the result.
Deputies of the State Duma, drawn to turning back time, heard from someone a reasonable hint about the past and resolutely advised themselves to discuss, rewrite and adopt an amendment to legislative acts determining admission to education. The old rule seems to them a new idea and allows them to treat themselves as reformers.
Along with the initiative to return to the USSR, the deputies want to defeat foreigners driving through Russia with foreign driver’s licenses. It is proposed to pass compulsory examinations for persons who have received citizenship or residence permit in our country, after six months from the date of obtaining a document of legal residence. However, the deputies did not succeed in the motivational part of the bill.
In their opinion, the traffic rules in all countries are different, so it is necessary to force foreigners to learn the Russian rules. But the problem is that traffic rules all over the world are… the same. Even in countries that have not signed the Geneva or Vienna Conventions on Road Safety. The traffic rules are perhaps the only legal document in the world that is the same for everyone.
Although the deputies are not always motivated only by smart ideas. In this case, they listened to the traffic police inspectors, and there are almost no expert people in the road police, there is no one to follow the traffic rules there, and the life of the organization is not based on laws, but on concepts .
Therefore, of the two sudden insights that have caught up with the deputies of the State Duma, the most rational is to implement an idea with a category “D” and at least one year of truck driving experience. Even despite the fact that the deputies unknowingly planned to allow the bus category for those who do not have a “C” load and drive a category “B” car for only a year. And to extort bribes from foreigners, one would have to come up with something more important than stupidity by other rules.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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