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Ministry of Transport and traffic police want to remove traffic signs on the roads

  • November 15, 2022
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Together with the traffic police, the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management is developing a document substantiating the rules for placing traffic signs. Now local authorities

Ministry of Transport and traffic police want to remove traffic signs on the roads

Together with the traffic police, the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management is developing a document substantiating the rules for placing traffic signs. Now local authorities place them, guided solely by their own interests. Portal “AvtoVzglyad” found out some details of the upcoming “manual”.

One of the topics is the elimination of the so-called jagged movement modes of cars. For example, when the road conditions on a particular section of the highway or city street are exactly the same (the number of lanes, width, visibility, etc.), but several signs are installed on it at the same time, radically changing the speed limit. Note that in the vast majority of cases in such places automatic fixation cameras check compliance with the requirements of the signs. With their help, fines are handed out to drivers who did not respond to unexpected and illogical restrictions.

The fact is that decisions about the placement of certain signs and signs on regional highways and streets are now made exclusively by local authorities or road owners. At the same time, there are no federal documents, even of an advisory nature, that would establish specific rules in this area. In addition to traffic rules, with their instructions of the most general plan, Kommersant reports.

Taking advantage of the current situation, local authorities sometimes create real “traps” for motorists in the form of camera-unexpected speed limit tandems, providing stable revenue to local budgets. The future “Ministry of Transport Training Manual” could help eliminate such “ambushes”.

One of the topics is the elimination of the so-called jagged movement modes of cars. For example, when the road conditions on a particular section of the highway or city street are exactly the same (the number of lanes, width, visibility, etc.), but several signs are installed on it at the same time, radically changing the speed limit. Note that in the vast majority of cases in such places automatic fixation cameras check compliance with the requirements of the signs. With their help, fines are handed out to drivers who did not respond to unexpected and illogical restrictions.

The fact is that decisions about the placement of certain signs and signs on regional highways and streets are now made exclusively by local authorities or road owners. At the same time, there are no federal documents, even of an advisory nature, that would establish specific rules in this area. In addition to traffic rules, with their instructions of the most general plan, Kommersant reports.

Taking advantage of the current situation, local authorities sometimes create real “traps” for motorists in the form of camera-unexpected speed limit tandems, providing stable revenue to local budgets. The future “Ministry of Transport Training Manual” could help eliminate such “ambushes”.

Source: Avto Vzglyad

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