Konstantin Krokhmal, head of the public system “Ensuring Road Safety”, believes that it will be possible to prevent Russian drivers from using phones while driving only if serious penalties are introduced. Now they face 1.5 thousand rubles for this – in an interview with NSN Krokhmal in the name increase this amount to 25 thousand rubles.
“We do not take this issue seriously because the cameras recording the phone have not yielded any results yet. “I believe that there should be strict penalties of approximately 20-25 thousand rubles for talking on a mobile phone without a headset,” he said.
As an example, he cited statistics from the UK, which “long ago introduced cameras to detect gadget lovers”: According to the data obtained, about 70% of traffic accidents are caused by phones.
Let us also remind you that for the first time in Russian regions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, video cameras were installed that record drivers’ phone use while driving. reported We are back in 2021.
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