The time has come to revise the leading industry standard to introduce cutting edge technologies, Rosavtodor is sure of that. More than 18 million rubles have been allocated for this, which will be received by the organization that won the tender for updating GOST 52289-2019 “Technical means of organizing traffic. Rules for the use of road signs, markings, traffic lights, roadblocks and guides.
The agency aims to introduce “advanced, progressive and resource-saving” technologies and new tools to impose restrictions on cars and pedestrians, which will improve road safety and increase road capacity.
“Several road conditions require separate signs,” Kommersant quotes the opinion of Andrey Mukhortikov, a member of the public council of the Ministry of Transport near Moscow. – For example, there is a road that first has an asphalt surface, and then an unpaved one: the driver must be warned about this, but there is no sign for it, it can be derived from the traffic rules of Belarus. Of course, it is necessary to adapt the standards in conjunction with the traffic regulations, which also have to be changed for a long time.”
There are also too few types of arrows to indicate the directions of movement along the lanes. For example, you need not only arrows pointing left or right, but also “left” and “right”.
“For example, the standard describes one marker for diagonal pedestrian crossings, and the rules describe a completely different one,” said Dmitry Popov, specialist of the St. Petersburg Traffic Management Directorate (DODD). “There is a blue marking for marking paid parking in the standard, but not in the traffic regulations.”
There is also disagreement about the operation of the “Don’t Stop” sign. The GOST says that his action ends immediately after the “Parking” sign, but there is no mention of this in the traffic rules. Formally, this allows you to evacuate cars from parking lots and parking bays. And there are many such differences.
We will find out who will update GOST at the beginning of October. And the new rules should come into effect in mid-2025 or later.