Fines for speed was one-third more

19 April 2018

In 2017, issued almost 70 million in fines

In 2017, the traffic police have written to 69.4 million fines for speeding, which is 33 % more than in 2016. in an interview with the newspaper "Izvestia" said the representative of traffic police.

About 96 % of the violations had to exceed the speed of 20 km/h, which at the moment is the lower boundary of administrative responsibility (the penalty for exceeding the 0-20 km/h not provided).

At the same time, representatives of the traffic police noted another trend: the number of repeated violations of speed more than 40 km/h and 60 km/h was doubled. In total, the traffic police has written to 1.4 million fines in such cases.

the Problem of duplicate chambers and replenishment of local budgets

Some experts believe that the increase in the number of violations does not correlate with the real situation on the roads. And it's not just to install new cameras and increase tax collection. The first Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on state construction and legislation Vyacheslav Lysakov believes that automatic cameras are often used by regional authorities as a source of filling the budget.

"it Comes even to the point of absurdity: in tenders for the purchase and installation of the cameras indicate how much each of them must bear the penalty money. Often cameras are set up on vacant parts of the road where signs artificially lower speed" — said Lysakov.

in the government already discussed methods of regulating the industry.

<һ2Положительное impact on the traffic situation

Despite the presence of negative aspects, in General, the system auto-commit violations of established itself on the positive side. In the press center of the interior Ministry said that cameras have become one of the key factors to reduce accidents.

So, in 2017 the number of deaths on the roads decreased by 6 % (19 088 people), wounded by 2.6 % (215 of 374 persons). The lawyer of social movement of motorists "Freedom of choice" Sergey Radko'm sure for fear of fines motorists on average were to be careful.

<һ2Количество of online payments increases, the average bill falls

"Izvestia" interviewed banks from the TOP-30 on payment of fines via the Internet or mobile Bank. The statistics says that car owners are much more likely to use the tool for the repayment of debt: some banks said the growth of payments in 2 times, others — up to 11 times.

At the same time, some representatives of the banking sector reported a decline in average check. According to the head of Department of e-business and cards of Absolut Bank Vasily Potemkin, the average receipt declined by 9.5% to 738,6 of the ruble. The reason for this trend lies in the fact that drivers were more likely to use the preferential payment period: first 20 days to pay the fine at 50% discount.