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We Need Not Confrontation, But Cooperation

2024

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We Need Not Confrontation, But Cooperation
We Need Not Confrontation, But Cooperation
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WE DO NOT NEED CONFRONTATION, BUT COOPERATION

“At the wheel” more than once wrote (and even once conducted a survey of readers) about what the Law should be like so as not to violate the rights of motorists and at the same time protect order on the roads. Concrete proposals were made, with which we introduced the legislative and executive branches. Actually, the naive hope that everything will change as if by magic, - the inspectors of the traffic police will stop taking bribes, malicious offenders will suffer just retribution, the movement will be organized and safe - there wasn’t. They hoped to at least get the problem off the ground, push the authorities to solve it.

What was surprise when the news came: a decision was made on a radical restructuring of the traffic police. About this event, about what is the current situation in traffic and how to influence it, says the head of the State Automobile Inspection of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Lieutenant General Vladimir FEDOROV.

Do you know what story I remembered? In the early 70s, when I was still a student and did not even think about the career of the head of the State traffic inspectorate, such an incident occurred. On the day of my eighteenth birthday, in Karelia, in practice, I was asked to go somewhere on the official Moskvich. By that time, I already had “rights” and drove a good truck. But in fact, this was my first independent trip. Accelerated, and at a sharp turn, feeling that I did not fit, sharply pressed the brake … Circus. The car flew to the side of the road, rolled over in the air and stood on wheels. It's great, though: 18 years old, the first trip, the first accident … I'm sitting on the sidelines, waiting for the traffic police. I remember 15 people drove past me. Fourteen were asked: "Drunk?", And one - "How to help?"

He told this to the fact that the relationship of drivers between themselves, to the traffic police is well known to me.

Further: a confrontation between the driver and the traffic police officer could arise at all times. And one more thing: then restore justice was still easier than now.

What is happening today does not satisfy anyone. Neither motorists who are by and large disenfranchised and despite the fact that they can be fined at any time, drive on roads where there is no proper order. Neither the state (namely, it is represented by the State traffic inspectorate), which annually loses tens of thousands of citizens who died in traffic accidents, and treats hundreds of thousands of people injured in road accidents. Perhaps, only criminals are satisfied with the situation (how else can you call bribes in the traffic police system and, as they say now, “tough” violators of the Rules).

You can ask questions: who is to blame for the current situation, why is the work of the traffic police not efficient enough? The answers are probably already known. Firstly, the annual increase in vehicles in Russia is 1.3 million, and the number of cars continues to increase at the same rate. Secondly, the main highways are overloaded two to three times, and the density of the road network in large cities is two times less than necessary. Thirdly, state-owned transport enterprises with an established security control system have collapsed. Now almost 90% of the cargo is transported by private traders in cars in terrible technical condition. Add to this the independence of the constituent entities of the Federation, the dissolution of ministries and departments - as a result, no one is responsible for anything … Now tell me: how is the traffic police, having, in fact, the only tool - pressure on drivers - to "resolve the situation"?

By the way, I am sure that from the frequent and not always appropriate application of coercive methods there is nothing but harm. There is a confrontation with the traffic inspector on the part of drivers, a misunderstanding of the purpose of the traffic police, the need to comply with the traffic rules is born. In a word, instead of establishing order on the road, we create the prerequisites for its violation. Of course, the traffic police leadership never put up with this situation. There have been attempts to move on to new, time-appropriate forms of work. But … Enumerating the reasons why they did not succeed, will take up too much space. And so the need arose for more decisive action, because the situation became simply critical.

What is the main task of the traffic police? I believe - to provide road users with a high level of protection against accidents and crimes. And to solve it, we need to restructure all our work. Yes, yes, we have come to the need to fundamentally change the activities of the traffic police. So the main provisions of the “Draft concept for the further development and improvement of the traffic police” were born - a document in which new principles of work are laid.

Probably, the motto of the document “Trust and Security” will seem interesting. This alone says that we strive for the same thing as any motorist in the country. And if so, then they made another important decision: to discuss the main provisions of the draft concept with you, dear readers of “Driving”. We believe that it is the readers of this magazine that are the most, as they used to say, the advanced detachment of domestic motorists. And to know your opinion is important.

What you read below may seem a bit dry and hard to read. But still try to delve into the text. Indeed, it is with this document that tomorrow will regulate the road situation, our relations with you and the automotive life of the country in general.

Legislative and regulatory support of the traffic police.

To ensure the legal status of the traffic police, as a special body of state supervision and control in the field of road safety, it is necessary to bring the regulatory legal acts regulating the activities of the traffic police in accordance with federal laws and international legal standards.

What does this mean, for example, for a particular driver? That the current contradictions between the Rules and the Code of Administrative Offenses, both of them and departmental instructions, will disappear. Let's say the law says that a notarized power of attorney for driving a car is not needed, and the traffic police require it. Or, let’s say, according to the law, identity documents cannot be taken as a guarantee, and a driver’s license is taken from the violators. You can discuss whether a traffic inspector does good or bad, but no doubt: there should not be a contradiction with the law. It is necessary to change either him or the traffic police instructions. It is also necessary to deprive the subjects of the Federation, other departments (ecologists, transport inspectorate and others) of the ability to "create" their instructions in our field of activity.

It is necessary to adopt at least three laws: “On compulsory insurance of civil liability of drivers of motor vehicles”, “Law on the traffic police” and “On traffic rules”.

To improve the legal mechanism for the interaction of the traffic police with other services of the internal affairs bodies involved in ensuring road safety and the fight against crime.

Improving the organizational and managerial sphere involves decentralization of management with a clear mechanism for interaction with police units and municipal law enforcement agencies. Each territory will have its own main state traffic inspector, to which all local traffic police units will report.

For more effective work, the federal traffic police information system should be integrated into a single information space of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

However, for ordinary motorists this is probably not very interesting. But what will affect everyone is the transition from visual monitoring of traffic to the use of special technical means that ensure the identification and documentation of traffic violations that exclude subjective assessments, conflict situations with road users; reassessment of the tactics of traffic surveillance, the introduction of new, more effective methods of surveillance. Or, for example, the development of a system for periodically evaluating the professional suitability of employees of all occupational categories of DPS (testing, tests, standards, etc.). This will lead to the fact that drivers will only deal with qualified, competent traffic police officers. Another: simplification and unification of primary documents and registration forms (as a result, the queues in the departments of the traffic police will become shorter, the procedure for registering cars, etc. will be easier).

Administrative and legal activities will also change. The staffing, structural structure of administrative practice units will be reviewed, and in the future they will be concentrated in the territorial offices of the traffic police (this means that, say, the analysis groups will be in each unit). Non-cash will be the payment of fines. And yet, the GAI again suggests that the consideration of cases of administrative offenses (and this is many traffic rules) be assigned to city (district) courts. To begin with, at least those violations for which drivers are deprived of "rights." A separate item highlighted the formation of an automated database of violators of the Rules of the road.

Perhaps, for now, that's enough - you can list the proposed changes for a long time. For the first time, we decided to find out your opinion about them. Believe me, this is not just a beautiful gesture: here, they say, the traffic police extended a hand to the drivers. No, we really want the new document (and the Concept in January next year will already be submitted for consideration by the government) to be prepared competently and taking into account all the wishes. After all, only then will it work. If you are interested in our offers, you can familiarize yourself with the draft of the document itself. It is published in the car attachment to the newspaper Argumenty i Fakty, as well as in the newspaper Shield and Sword.

I ask you: please express your opinion. You can write to the magazine "Behind the Wheel", you can - to me personally. And the easiest way is to call our helpline: 222-64-85. This phone is installed specifically for operational communication with you. On it, you can report any problems, suggestions, comments (or perhaps express gratitude) regarding the work of the traffic police. If you share the Concept, just say yes. Believe me, even this small word we regard as your support - and we really need it.

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