Tag: traffic police
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The Duma proposed banning the term “speed bump.”
United Russia’s deputy, Sultan Khamzaev, took the initiative to ban the term “speed bump.” The parliamentarian suddenly realized that this phrase would contain derogatory – and even provocative – connotations that demeaned the honor and dignity of employees of the Ministry of the Interior. As the Telegram channel ‘Bloody Lady’ reports, citing a letter from…
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The High Court has stripped a driver of his ‘rights’ for drink-driving on a tractor behind him
Russian courts have more than once revoked the driver’s licenses of motorists caught by police drunkenly driving low-powered scooters, electric scooters, ATVs, snowmobiles and other similar equipment. Now a walk-behind tractor has also appeared in this collection from the Russian Themis. This time, citizen V, a resident of the Vologda region, was “unlucky.” the village…
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The State Duma proposed introducing a moratorium on fines from traffic police cameras
The head of the Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs, Yaroslav Nilov, claims that the photo and video recording systems currently used on Russian roads need improvement. In the meantime, all fines against them should simply be withdrawn. As the Government Gazette reports, the deputy complained that drivers have recently increasingly complained…
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Traffic police cameras have appeared in Russia, fining drivers for unexpected traffic violations
The Ministry of Transport of the capital reported on the installation of a unique automatic restraint complex. It ‘criminalises’ motorists for not allowing pedestrians to pass at tram stops. Authorities in Moscow have announced the deployment of the first camera that monitors how motorists comply with traffic rules, allowing passengers on ground transport to pass.…
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The Supreme Court did not ban driving without license plates before registering with the traffic police
Although some publications were quick to claim that the Supreme Court, which upheld the lower court’s decision, would have banned driving a car without license plates even during the “legal” ten-day period, this is not actually the case. We’re just talking about a special case, and even then, it’s honestly ‘murky’. Thus, the Supreme Court…
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The traffic police began to collect proposals for changes in traffic rules
Last fall, President Vladimir Putin instructed the government and the Public Chamber to submit “proposals for improving traffic rules” by April 1, 2024. And now the traffic police finally got to work. As Kommersant reports with reference to a representative of the State Inspectorate for Road Safety, as part of the “regulatory guillotine”, a meeting…
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The High Court has fined a driver for driving without a license plate after buying a car
The Supreme Court dealt with the issue of punishing a car owner caught driving with missing warning signs. His plan for unpunished traffic violations failed. This time, the Supreme Court came to the attention of a curious case that started in late 2022. A certain Bulavtsev PP filed a complaint with the court against the…
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The court banned the sale of inverted frames for license plates in Russia
The Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow banned the sale on the Internet, including on the AliExpress marketplace, of special devices that allow you to hide state license plates from traffic cameras. Such products contradict the standards of the Federal Road Safety Act. As TASS reports with reference to court material, information about the frames for…
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We found vulnerabilities: why in Russia it will not be possible to fine pedestrians using cameras
Automatic registration of traffic violations by pedestrians with the subsequent inevitable punishment is the dream of many motorists. And it is possible that this will become a reality in the near future. But at what cost the AvtoVzglyad portal discovered. Recently, the media and social networks have drawn attention to the admission of the head…
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The number of car thefts in Russia has fallen sharply
The number of car thefts in Russia in 2023 has decreased sharply. Experts explain the positive trend mainly by the geopolitical situation: traditional sales markets such as Ukraine and the Baltic states have been virtually blocked since the spring of 2022. As Kommersant reports, citing data from the Ministry of the Interior, 6,580 car thefts…