A draft law on banning private traffic cameras has been submitted to the State Duma – Kommersant
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Representatives of the LDPR submitted amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses to the State Duma, according to which traffic cameras, data from which are used by the traffic police to impose fines on violators, should be owned by the Russian Federation or regional authorities. The requirements for automatic systems and their installation sites will be established by the government of the Russian Federation.
According to the traffic police, as of January 1, 2022, there were 23.8 thousand stationary and 3.2 thousand mobile cameras in the Russian Federation. 90% of fines for traffic violations (183.6 million) were issued with the help of road complexes. In many regions, the cameras are installed and maintained under concession agreements with private companies that receive income based on the number of fines paid. The Liberal Democratic Party believes that such companies are directly interested in increasing profits. “Equipment owners use various methods to increase profitability,” the deputies write in an explanatory note. “For example, cameras are not installed in areas with a high accident rate, but in places where vehicle owners often make minor violations of the speed limit.” The subjects of the federation are also interested in concessions, the deputies add, since they receive part of the profit from fines without incurring the cost of maintaining the system.
As Kommersant previously reported, in May the State Duma adopted a law developed on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation, which introduces a closed list of grounds for installing cameras and coordinating locations with the traffic police. It will enter into force in 2024.
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