The State Traffic Inspectorate is considering the possibility of increasing the maximum permissible speed on some roads to 150 km / h, the head of the traffic police of Russia Mikhail Chernikov told reporters.
«[Рассматриваем] increasing the speed to 150 km per hour on some sections of the road, but where it is safe, “said Chernikov (quoted by TASS). The traffic police is also developing an information system that will allow to identify persistent traffic offenders and wanted drivers on the road. Smart cameras will be built into it, which will allow reading the entire stream of cars in order to minimize contact between the driver and the inspector, the head of the department said.
Earlier, TASS, with reference to the head of the Scientific Center for Road Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Dmitry Mitroshin, reported that the State Traffic Inspectorate supported the idea of reducing the speed of traffic on city streets from 60 to 30 km / h. The head of the traffic police Mikhail Chernikov, in response to this, said that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is categorically against reducing the maximum speed in cities to 30 km / h. The initiators of reducing the speed in cities to 30 km / h think not about road safety, but about the collection of fines, he said.
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