The head of government criticized the Ministry of Justice's proposal to increase the fines for speeding

The head of government, Mikhail Mishustin, criticized the draft Code of Administrative Offenses (Code of Administrative Offenses) proposed by the Ministry of Justice, which provides for an increase in fines for violation of a number of traffic rules, including speeding.

“When developing a new Code of Administrative Offenses, it was proposed to increase the amount of fines for drivers for excess speed to 5 thousand rubles. For many, this is simply excessive. We have not yet achieved such an increase in salaries in order to increase fines,” Mishustin said at a government meeting (quote for RBC ).

According to the Prime Minister, the proposals for improving fines should be considered taking into account the level of solvency of the population, and not just to increase their size. "The work of the government is a solution to the problems of people, not formalism. It seems to me that the opinion of citizens in this sense is the main indicator of our activities," Mishustin said.

Recall that the Ministry of Justice published a draft new Code of Administrative Offenses on January 30. The document provides that the minimum fine for speeding (20-40 kilometers per hour) will amount to 3 thousand rubles instead of the current 500 rubles. The speed of speed by 40-60 kilometers per hour or more than 60 kilometers per hour will be punished with fines of 4 thousand rubles and 5 thousand rubles, respectively. In the second case, drivers will also face deprivation of rights for up to six months. In addition, for re -excess in both of these cases, a fine of 10 thousand rubles or deprivation of rights for a year will face.

On January 31, the Secretary of the General Council of United Russia Andrei Turchak said that the party does not support the project of the new Code of Administrative Offenses, since it provides for tightening repressive mechanisms, which contradicts the proposals set forth in the Epistle of President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly. In response to the Ministry of Justice, it was noted that the provisions on the increase in fines reflect the position of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.