The traffic police will not hold drivers responsible for minor traffic violations, but will focus Beware of those who directly contribute to an accident’s commission – especially drunk driving. On Saturday, April 16, reports TASS.
“The main activity of the State Traffic Inspectorate will be focused on the prevention and suppression of petty crimes in the field of traffic that do not directly contribute to an accident,” the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs told the agency at GUOBDD. .
Particularly minor violations include the absence of fenders that the design provides for passenger cars, or the malfunction of windshield washers.
The state traffic inspectorate also states that “a judge, body, official authorized to decide cases of administrative offenses with the insignificance of the committed administrative offense may relieve the violator from liability and limit themselves to a verbal statement (Law Article 2.9). Department of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation).
At the same time, there are crimes that cannot under any circumstances be considered insignificant.
These include, for example, the administrative offenses provided for in Article 12.8 (“driving a vehicle by a drunk driver, transferring control of a vehicle to an intoxicated person”) and 12.26. Failure of a vehicle driver to undergo a medical examination for a state of intoxication”) Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.
Currently, in Russia, the penalty for exceeding the maximum permissible concentration of alcohol is up to 30 thousand rubles, as well as deprivation of driving license for 1.5 to 2 years. The same penalty applies to refusing a medical examination. If a drunk driver does not have his license with him, he can be arrested for up to 15 days.
The repeated drunk driving penalty ranges from 200,000 to 300,000 rubles. The driver can also be imprisoned for up to two years.
According to data for 11 months of 2021, more than 11% of all traffic accidents in Russia – 10,849 accidents – occurred with the participation of drivers with signs of poisoning. Alcohol was confirmed in the blood of drivers in 8688 cases. Those who die in such car crashes make up one-fifth of all traffic accident victims in the country.
At the same time, drunk drivers were responsible for 9 out of 10 accidents they participated in. The proportion of victims of these accidents reached almost a quarter (23.5%) of those who died due to the fault of the drivers.
Recall that this week the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation and human rights activists prepared. attractive to the government, the State Duma and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The initiative assumes that drivers violating traffic rules will be calculated based on their appearance using traffic police cameras. It has also been proposed to fix penalties for exceeding the average speed in the Code of Administrative Offenses.
April 12 Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announcedThe validity period of the driver’s license will be automatically extended by three years – this will affect documents that expire between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2023. We’re talking about 5 million licenses.
Source: Gazeta
