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Electronic appeal of fines Road Safety Russia, 26 January 2021
The State Duma in the second (main) reading adopted a draft law, which provides for the possibility of electronic appeal against fines for offenses revealed with the help of photo or video cameras. So far, there is no special procedure for appealing such decisions in the legislation. Drivers have to prove their innocence and challenge penalties for a long and difficult...
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A third of accidents occurred due to the fault of illegal... "Izvestiya" newspaper, 20 January 2016
Almost half of all fatalities in passenger transport in 2014 were caused by unlicensed bus drivers Drivers of almost 35% of buses involved in road accidents in 2014 did not have a license to carry passengers. The severity of the consequences of these accidents is almost twice as high as compared with accidents involving legal market players. As Izvestia was told in the...
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Jean-Fransois Huere (PSA Peugeot Citroën): Three pillars... Road Safety Russia, 24 September 2013
Our guest is Jean-Fransois Huere, who is in charge of the public affair department of two items - one is road safety and the other is more connected to ITS which means intelligent transport systems and also means connecting cars and moving from transport mode to another organizing traffic with smart cars. -Our first question is about your safety technology - what safety...
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Penalties for traffic offences in Russia – high or low? Road Safety Russia, 09 September 2013
The amendments relating to traffic offences which have been introduced to the Russian Code of Administrative Offences and came into force on1 September 2013 are currently being hotly debated in the media and the public at large. Opinions on the matter are divided. Some people see it as a way to compel drivers to comply with traffic regulations, while others say that it will...
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A map of the countries with the most dangerous roads (by... The Washington Post, 11 June 2013
Click to enlarge. Data source: World Health Organization Lots of people think that their home town has the worst traffic, the most aggressive drivers, the craziest cabbies. Sometimes they have strong anecdotal evidence. Russian drivers often employ dashboard cameras to record seemingly inevitable collisions with reckless motorists. In the United Arab Emirates city of Abu...
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Who will save our children? Natalia Agre, 31 January 2013
Very often it’s hard to determine who is to be blamed for a road accident and who is innocent. Sometimes a pedestrian runs out to cross a carriageway in a wrong place or a driver exceeds speed limit or a passenger doesn’t fasten a seat belt. But among the road users there is a group of people who can’t be accused of anything. They do not bear any...
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Roads without fools Rossiyskaya Gazeta, 25 January 2013
Around 100 billion roubles will be invested in the construction of modern motorways in Russia. But how this huge sum of money can be spent rationally? There are a lot proposals but each of them conceals certain drawbacks. No guarantee that the allocated billions will be spent with the utmost effectiveness. Here is one example which may turn out to be unexpected for many...
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Pedestrians should be taught psychology on the road Valery Kozlov, 13 February 2012
There is a remarkable psychological expression - there are no good or bad people, there are people following a correct or erroneous behavior program. Therefore, the growing numbers of pedestrians involved in traffic road accidents can be only explained by improper setting of the system of the road safety. This system, therefore, is not capable of developing correct behavior...
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Gruesome fate of pedestrians in Russia Mikhail Blinkin, 07 February 2012
The domestic statistics of motor vehicle collisions with pedestrians was always discouraging. Today it is getting even worse. This conclusion is especially visible against the background of progress Russia recently made in getting tangible improvement in all other indicators of the road traffic safety. The pedestrian hit statistics has many causes; I will elaborate on the most...
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November 20 was declared the International Day to... Natalia Agre, 18 November 2011
Every year on the third Sunday of November the world honors the Day to Commemorate Casualties of the Motor Vehicle Accidents. On this day we remember those who are no longer with us, whom we lost in road accidents. Road traffic injuries is one of the leading causes of death among young people and children in the world. Every day as many as 3500 people in motor vehicle...
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Adults are guilty of children-passengers deaths Vechernyaa Moskva, 16 November 2011
Parents don't use car seats while driving with their children.During the last period the number of people died or injured on the country roads decreased. But the amount of children-passengers died or injured on Russian roads increased dramatically. Adults are guillty of this situation. Parents don't use car seats while driving with their children and pay for this...
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Spellbound Masha Traub, 16 November 2011
I used to work together with Natalia. Actually, she could afford not working at all. But having an explosive temper and furious energy  Natasha could not and did not want stay at home. She puled up in a stride to the parking taking out of her car a hefty package. Those were the days when we young girls  after hours gathered in a bar and drank canned gin and tonic. It...
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Headless riders Ekaterina Kostikova, 31 October 2011
Brakes were invented by cowards. The speed limit signs are also their invention. Speed limit of sixty – this is not about you. You're the king of the road. Easy Rider, a lone knight of the freeway. Red traffic lights will hardly stop you, oh no. Maybe that red light means stop for someone, but for you it is a challenge. You step on it and whizzing at a hundred and fifty...
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Stay in line you son of a bitch! Vasiliy Gulin, 31 October 2011
The issue of sons of bitches staying in line still remains open. On the eve of the centenary of its original formulation nothing has changed although admittedly we are now addressing it on a innovative level. A simple example of a traffic light. And, let's assume for the sake of an argument, that it allows driving to the left. Everyone knows how the situation develops but I...
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No hands Masha Traub, 05 October 2011
I had a best friend Tanya. We got back in first college year passing the entrance exams and for five years since then learned how to guess thoughts and moods of each other. Tanya was a beautiful, happy and daring; she lived each day as the last one. This feature of her character to find time for enjoying was fascinating to me. Only she could visit me at eleven at night and...
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Not you, rest assured Margarita Kondratyeva, 02 October 2011
Most of my friends and family members own cars. And almost all have children. They all live in Moscow making good money. My friends pursue different careers: they are lawyers and managers, journalists and designers, teachers and doctors. Typical middle class. Most of them carry the children in car seats. Especially - the babies. Especially when they drive long hauls. Most of...
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Lake Baikal rule Dmitry Filimonov, 30 September 2011
If you ever drove on the ice of Lake Baikal you will remember the experience for a long time. If you drove on the ice of Lake Baikal in March you'll remember it forever. Because in March no one is driving on the ice. But imbeciles and the local shaman Valentin Khagdaev. Shaman Valentin Khagdaev is running for a mayor office in Olkhonsky district. Olkhon is the Island in the...
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Deadpan Margarita Kondratyeva, 17 August 2011
On the way from Moscow to Minsk I quickly identified the stranger on the road. Leaving from a filling station to the highway using the acceleration lane the driver - I saw in the left back mirror of my car - switched lanes giving me chance to merge into the traffic in the right lane. "I bet he is a foreigner" said I to my husband entering the available free lane. A VW with EU...

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