Trucks want to seize the advantage

24.07.2019

The Minister of transport of the Russian Federation Dmitry Dietrich found the perpetrators of the bad roads in Russia

The Minister of transport of the Russian Federation Dmitry Dietrich proposed simply to confiscate the truck for any margin or in extreme cases, to deprive the rights of drivers, allowing even the smallest overload their vehicles – because they are responsible for the dismal state of Russia's road network. From heavy machinery, according to the Minister, causing deformation of the road surface on the slopes. Potholes – a direct consequence of the drive trucks. So to rectify the situation can only carrots (you have to understand that the system of "Plato" – the method sticks).
At industry conferences, for example, "Digital transport and logistics" often have a lot to hear from representatives of road services what overweight is the biggest enemy of roads maintenance and the annual losses from the destruction of the roadway is tens of billions of rubles.
 
Fight this through ACWGC (automated system for weight and dimensions control), commercial operation where the test mode is only going to start in 2020 and fully deployed by 2024. At present, penalties for overweight according to the carriers so disproportionate to the violation, for example, during the seasonal restrictions of movement of cargo motor vehicles when reloading only 2% (and 10%) penalty for the driver according to the current CAO is ₽100 000 to ₽150 000; when reloading from 10% to 20% – the penalty is ₽250 000 – ₽300 000; from 20% to 50%, the penalty is ₽350 000 – ₽400 000; in excess of the overload 50% – a fine ₽400 000 – ₽500 000 (if photographic images – fine for the upper limit). In surveys of truckers two-thirds of them these restrictions interfere with normal work (and in fact under the constraints derived, international, and military, social and repair and permitting of large transportation), and more than half of them consider them to be ineffective, as restrictions are imposed in form but not in the real seasonal weather, sometimes, generally, after the thaw, during which the roads are just broken trucks with standard load. Carriers offer at pressures up to 5% did not penalize, and in case of overload up to 50% reduction in a differentiated way.

The carriers recognize that overweight should be fined, but not at anyone and especially not random axis (which may be the consequence of only properly download or just the shifting of cargo during transport). Really serious sanctions should be for the worst offenders, but not literally any driver, especially under conditions when the carrier could not legally redraw the damage from the overload vehicle to the shipper.
And here is simple as chopping a sword of Damocles the Minister's proposal to confiscate transport and to deprive of the rights for any Overdrive. And although the Minister himself called the decision "very harsh", but the consequences in case such measures, and even the concentration of all responsibility solely on the carriers, with the full irresponsibility of shippers can be a huge problem for the entire motor industry and wider economy as a whole, and also lead to increased social tensions (as if the little one "Plato," recently, by the way, appreciated).
With growth of volumes of road transport 1.8% and freight turnover by 4.3%, the growth rates amounted to only 2.5%, which is less than any other mode of transport in our country. This suggests that the Russian carriers are at the limit of profitability and such sweeping draconian measures, they don't deserve..