
The head of the traffic police, Lieutenant General Mikhail Chernikov, spoke out against the idea of lowering the speed limit on Russian roads. According to him, it should be increased. Portal “AvtoVzglyad” provides details.
We must speed up the roads. We’ve talked about this several times. Increase the speed of the flow and so on, increase throughput, – said the head of the traffic inspectorate of the Russian state at a conference on road safety, held at the international exhibition “Road-2022” in Kazan.
Earlier, a number of officials spoke out in favor of the actual reduction of the speed limit in the country. In particular, the head of the Moscow Deptrans, Maxim Liksutov, has repeatedly called for the abolition or lowering of the so-called non-punished threshold, which now allows drivers to drive 20 km / h faster than has been set on this part of the road without fear of fines. road network.
– Of course, the worse the roads, the better for us … The worse the road, the lower the death rate: where the potholes appeared, people immediately slow down, drive carefully, although it should not be. People need to be able to move comfortably and quickly. The country is huge – 1.5 million kilometers of roads. We cannot allow a reduction of the speed limit, the Ministry of Interior is against lowering the speed limit, categorically against,” Chernikov said.
We must speed up the roads. We’ve talked about this several times. Increase the speed of the flow and so on, increase throughput, – said the head of the traffic inspectorate of the Russian state at a conference on road safety, held at the international exhibition “Road-2022” in Kazan.
Earlier, a number of officials spoke out in favor of the actual reduction of the speed limit in the country. In particular, the head of the Moscow Deptrans, Maxim Liksutov, has repeatedly called for the abolition or lowering of the so-called non-punished threshold, which now allows drivers to drive 20 km / h faster than has been set on this part of the road without fear of fines. road network.
– Of course, the worse the roads, the better for us … The worse the road, the lower the death rate: where the potholes appeared, people immediately slow down, drive carefully, although it should not be. People need to be able to move comfortably and quickly. The country is huge – 1.5 million kilometers of roads. We cannot allow a reduction of the speed limit, the Ministry of Interior is against lowering the speed limit, categorically against,” Chernikov said.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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