Traditional theme for the long controversy was to appear sometime in my blog. Although I do not consider myself a professional, but 15 years of trouble - free driving in Russia-they can be proud. As it is not sad to admit, but the main condition for this achievement is the obvious rule to "think stupid", which is often saved from serious accidents on the road.
In recent years, increasingly being in large cities, to save time spent in traffic jams and looking for Parking I was much more likely to use a taxi and sometimes public transport. If the metro, so to speak, to discuss, with the rest of the theme is rather interesting.
Russians love to put the problem of roads at the forefront, and the fact that money for everything and for all is never enough. So, had to rescue "Platon" (system of payment of paid expensive in Russia), but as usual it appeared through our purse: the prices for transportation of freights increased, well, and customers, in turn, raised also the cost of goods. The beautiful "scheme" lies, nothing not do you say!
However, observations of recent years show that the other part of the known problem is more sad. Sorry, but the number of "fools" on the roads is growing steadily, and even about the ethics of driving almost ashamed to say (if it is present, a third of motorists who no more). In Russia began to blame the quality of education, but is it a problem? Is the majority of road traffic casualties (more than a million people die every year in the world and about 50 million are injured) due to this?
Why-that to me as to the person who has honestly passed training, rules perfectly remember, and the main reasons of accidents because of drivers remain: non-observance of priority of journey of intersections, distance, speeding, violation of rules of maneuvering and journey of crosswalks. All this is taught, but not all are able to master such simple rules?
Another initiative of the authorities to change the system of training drivers order surprises even me, "Amateur" (as it turned out). The bill proposes to divide all into "professionals and Amateurs", and for access to freight and passenger transport to introduce separate training programs with exams not only in the category, but also on "professionalism".
It Seems again not fully thought that such an idea can lead to the return of self-training Amateur drivers, and no retrained professionals will not save the situation on the roads. Not to mention the fact that such a bill could destroy the market of driver training, and neutralize the benefits of the reform of training in recent years (which reduced the accident rate in "newcomers" by more than 40%).
But are all provided in the regulation of situations on the road. On the one hand, the excessive attention of the state and the growth of measures of responsibility are opposed to me, and on the other — ignoring the common sense of car owners forces to act harder!
Let's take the example of Switzerland, leading in terms of road safety in Europe. They made their bet on high fines, life-long driver's license deprivation, confiscation and deportation. Prison sentences for speeding, denationalization, and differentiated fines for the "rich," reaching hundreds of thousands of euros, make road safety a success. While frequent violators of traffic regulations mandatory installs tracker, recording the number of indicators when driving a car and remote enforcement.
Of course, some steps are being taken in Russia, for many years on the roads are trying to act on the well — known Swedish concept of "zero mortality" Vision Zero-the division of roads by safety barriers and the third strip for overtaking with alternate "pockets".
Although the system of automatic crime detection is considered to be the main merit, more than 10,000 zones of control reveal two thirds of all violations. That, according to European experience, significantly reduces the number of accidents associated with speeding, and the spread of complexes fixing the passage of the red light and the intersection of a continuous line -
reduces accidents on roads in General.
Whether it will be Possible to maintain the current downward trend of road accidents, and save lives, only time will tell. The question of impartial control, the rigor and inevitability of punishment, and the most important in improving the culture of driving!