The belt no longer saves

The traffic police and Rosstandart have been developing new rules for passenger carriers, they can start working since the beginning of next year. It is proposed to equip Russian buses with airbags, as well as strengthen the frame and fastening of the seats. In addition, the traffic police will soon begin to participate in the technical inspection procedure of public transport. All these measures are caused by the fact that in 2018 the number of accidents involving buses and minibuses increased sharply.

The head of the department of technical supervision of the State traffic inspectorate Sergey Chipurin told TASS. “There is a proposal that is included in the state standard that establishes additional requirements for vehicles of the M-2, M-3 category, which are aimed at ensuring the safety of passengers. These are issues of passive and active security, ”said the head of the department. “It is understood that the safety belt is good, but the airbags, the rigidity of the frame, the attachment of the seats, the performance of all those functions that in modern cars allows a person to survive even in terrible accidents.”

Checking a regular bus by a traffic police officer / mskagency.ru

In Rosstandart, the initiative was supported, the mechanism can be developed and implemented at the beginning of 2020. It is planned that it will avoid grave consequences for accidents, the number of which has grown in recent years, and more and more often children are among the victims.

In October, the media widely covered the tragic events in the Tver region and the Chuvash Republic , where 25 people were killed, seven people were killed in the Kaluga region in the Kaluga region after overturning the bus with children. In early March, a school bus rolled up in the Tula region. Today, in Mytishchi, as a result of an accident with a bus and Kamaz, six were injured , only one of them is an adult. “Four victims [children] are in satisfactory condition with mild injuries, one is in a state of moderate severity,” said a representative of the press service. He added that the children were taken to the Mytishchi City Clinical Hospital. Now they are on the examination, one child was released home.

The consequences of the accident in Moscow / MSKAGENCY.RU

At the end of February, President Vladimir Putinnoted the number of people who died in an accident due to the fault of drivers, but drew attention to the fact that the total number of such accidents has not been reduced for five years has not been reduced. He asked the traffic police to take additional measures to increase the safety of passenger transportation. Then the Ministry of Transport proposed amendments to the traffic rules to combat the accident, providing for the ban for the bus driver or truck to be driving more than nine hours a day and requiring it every 4.5 hours for 45 minutes. The total drive of the vehicle during the week should not exceed 56 hours.

Recall that since March, a law has been in force , according to which bus carriers must necessarily receive a license. For the lack of permission, only buses of government agencies or not traveling on public roads will not be fined. For the rest, primary fines are provided, and the confiscation of buses with a second violation.