The military will be allowed to penalize civilian drivers

8 April 2019

The military traffic police will have the right to commit traffic violations civil drivers

Employees of the military traffic police (VAI) is a structural unit of the main Directorate of military police of the defense Ministry, is still engaged in exclusively "the" military drivers and the worst drivers for the civil case, overlapping movement when driving military convoys, are now able to give the right to commit traffic violations and civil drivers. Here is the extension of the powers of the military inspectors suggest amendments to the Statute of the military police, as reported by "Izvestia".

Military inspectors will allow to perform "supervision of traffic, including using technical means, operating in automatic mode". According to "Izvestia" purchase of the necessary equipment is already gone, so the purchase of new radar as well as video and photographic equipment from the budget allocated ₽2.28 million
These "accessories" as have informed "news" several sources in the military traffic police, will be used by the employees of VAI to ensure the safety of convoys and to strengthen control over military motorists in the garrisons.

But the most curious in updated Statute of the military police, the passage about the introduction of a right of inspectors VAI to stop civilian vehicles... and pedestrians. However, "Izvestia" noted that these amendments in law only to "enforce what is already the existing situation." The current rules of the road so to stop civilian drivers and pedestrians controllers, which includes and employees of military car inspection. This is directly fine the civilian movement, military inspectors will not, however, in the case of the adoption of these amendments they will be obliged to transmit information about violations of traffic regulations regular traffic police.

It is not known who is developing the document and what the deadlines for its development and introduction.

PS Yes, VAI expands the powers only to "consolidate the situation", but typical of the trend in recent years for legislative expansion of the power of certain power structures in the civilian population, of course, only for the same population use. Why military radars in vain to stand, let social benefits (additional income to the Treasury) bring. Can you advise another to put military patrols on every traffic light and fined for crossing a red light – Yes, there will be the military budget to fix!