With the onset of the long-awaited warm days and school summer holidays children will have a lot of free time, and the route of their movement through the streets of our city, due to the lack of classes, will radically change. Now they will more often go for walks to parks and other recreational areas. Many will use a bicycle as a means of transportation almost every day.

This is where the very important point, associated with the correct "instruction" about their children's compliance with the Rules road traffic... Undoubtedly, parents should always remind of this, because the main process of raising a child takes place in the family, although in schools and kindergartens, teachers, together with employees of the State Traffic Inspectorate, constantly do this. Summer is associated with a high risk of danger for children, as in many families they are left alone at home while their parents are at work.

For 4 months of 2017, a 28.7% decrease in the number of road traffic accidents with victims was recorded in the territory of Minsk. Child injuries were also reduced by 45.5% compared to the same period in 2016.
With the participation of children under the age of 16 registered 6 road accidents; no incidents in which children died were registered; 6 children received bodily injuries of varying severity, of which all 6 were pedestrians.

The cause of the accident, as a rule, is the non-observance of the rules of passage of pedestrian crossings by drivers, as well as crossing the carriageway in an unidentified place, unexpected exit due to a vehicle or other obstacle, playing on the carriageway.

In order to prevent road accidents involving children with May 25 to June 5, 2017 The State Traffic Inspectorate of the capital holds a set of events in Minsk "Attention - children!", the main task of which is the prevention of child road traffic injuries, instilling skills in young road users safe behavior on the roads, drawing the attention of drivers, parents and educators to the problem of child road traffic injuries.

Special attention will be paid to the rules for the transportation of children with the obligatory use of child restraints. Also, the Moscow State Traffic Inspectorate reminds that in accordance with paragraph 166.9 of the traffic rules of the Republic of Belarus during the period of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republican special comprehensive measures to ensure road safety, vehicle drivers are obliged to move during daylight hours with the dipped headlights or daytime running lights on.

Dear parents, drivers! Strictly follow the pedestrian crossing rules. Be prepared for the sudden appearance of children on the road, especially near childcare facilities, schools, cinemas, parks, public transport stops.

The State traffic inspectorate of the capital also holds a set of events in Minsk "Attention - children!" - don't forget to turn on the headlights!

In connection with the end of the school year and the beginning of the summer holidays, the traffic police will hold a special set of events "Attention - children!" From May 25 to June 5. The main goal is to prevent accidents involving minors.

On these days, drivers must necessarily move with the headlights on or daytime running lights on at any time of the day (clause 166.9 of the SDA). Abw.by was informed about this by the UGAI Ministry of Internal Affairs. Failure to comply with the requirement faces a fine of up to two basic values \u200b\u200b(up to 49 rubles, part 3 of article 18.14 of the Administrative Code of Belarus.).

This year, professional events will begin with a Single Road Safety Day, which will be held on May 25 under the motto "Let's make summer safe together !.

The traffic police urge drivers to be extremely careful when driving near childcare facilities, driving through unregulated pedestrian crossings, public transport stops, and especially in courtyards.

Particular attention will be focused on carrying out preventive work with parents. The police will visit labor collectives and parent meetings, explain to adults the causes and consequences of road accidents involving children, remind them of the rules for the safe transportation of minors, responsibility for traffic violations, as well as the need for a personal example of correct and safe behavior on the road.

Since the beginning of this year, 6 children have died on the roads of the country, 125 minors have been injured.

The analysis of accidents in the past years shows that the distribution of the number of children injured in road accidents by season has a pronounced seasonal character. On average, 70% are injured on the roads in the six warm months of the year, from May to October, most of them in the summer, when children are left without the supervision of teachers and parents. In June - August 2017, 7 children died in an accident (in 2016 - 7, in 2014 - 11).

The largest number of accidents involving children during the summer period occurs from Friday to Sunday. It is on these days that it is necessary to intensively control the leisure of children and adolescents, to exclude the possibility of access to the keys from cars and motorcycles.

Meanwhile, in Minsk the day before yesterday a child was hit. As reported to the editorial Viber 8 029 689 88 93 reader, "the child was hit in front of school No. 51 on Drozdovicha st., 3. At 18.30, parental meetings for the third grades were held at the school, a few minutes after the start, one of the students of the third grade was hit by a car ...

The schoolboy was taken away by the intensive care unit. The traffic police and the Investigative Committee worked on the spot. Apparently, he was seriously injured. I didn't see the accident itself, as I was already at school, but it looks like he got hit by a car while playing with other children. "

The motorist turned to abw.by: "I hope you will highlight the importance of preparing children for the correct behavior on the road before summer holidays." What are we doing ...

The requirement to have a condom in a car first aid kit was abolished ten years ago, although folklore still remembers the strange duty for drivers. And in driving schools they no longer teach the peculiarities of a four-stroke engine. And the notorious road fund went into the archive. We recall the abolition of which important foundations affected the majority of drivers in Belarus.

No more condoms in the medicine cabinet

In the early 2000s, in the mandatory list that every driver had to have in a car first-aid kit, a clause on the presence of a condom suddenly appeared among medicines and bandages. And it's not a joke! Going on a trip, you had to take care of the availability of this contraceptive.

In fact, the logic was: in this way the idea of \u200b\u200bsafe sex was popularized. The inclusion of condoms in car kits has become part of the HIV / AIDS prevention campaign. It is not so important that the requirement was not always fulfilled, but many spoke about it. And they joked, by the way, too.

Exactly ten years ago, in 2008, the Ministry of Health approved a new list drugsthat should be in the medicine cabinet. At the same time, condoms were excluded from it.

Recall that usually the contents of the first-aid kit are checked during the technical inspection. An employee of the diagnostic station has the right to verify the presence of each medication and means from the above list, up to checking the expiration date. Traffic police officers have similar powers.

And this is just not know-how. In the countries of Western Europe, they also strictly monitor the contents of a car first aid kit. The heroine of one of ours, Antje Sommerfeld (a German woman who has lived in Belarus for five years) recalled how she was once fined in Germany for having expired medicine in her car.

Power of attorney is no longer asked

Many drivers no longer remember exactly when they canceled the need to have a power of attorney when driving a car registered to another person. With the introduction of this norm, in times of trouble, it was a vital necessity and reinsurance - the car could be taken away by force or stolen.

Gradually, the wave of road crime subsided, and motorists no longer understood why they needed to have a piece of paper certified by a notary among the driver's documents.

This made life very difficult if it was necessary to urgently get behind the wheel of someone else's car (without the presence of the owner).

In the end, the formality was canceled, which made life easier for many Belarusians. Now, to drive a car registered for another person, it is enough to have a registration certificate (registration certificate), compulsory insurance and a certificate of passing a technical inspection, as well as a license and a coupon.

Stopped selling "Normal-80"

Five years ago, they stopped selling "Normal-80" gasoline at Belarusian gas stations. The rationale was as follows: this type of fuel is environmentally harmful, does not meet modern standards, moreover, the demand for it has decreased many times.

At the same time, oil refineries announced the release in large volumes of high-octane grades of gasoline AI-92 K5, AI-95 K5, AI-92 K5 Euro, AI-95 K5 Euro. This, in turn, led to the lack of technical feasibility for the production of "Normal-80" gasoline, which has a low added value. New equipment at the factories was brought up to design capacity.

However, some experienced motorists are still interested in where the good old "Normal-80" (or even AI-76) has gone. “Why is the 80th gasoline not sold at gas stations? I have Moskvich-412, and the other does not suit him ", - in particular, one of the drivers was interested.

The answer from Belneftekhim specialists was as follows: “According to the data of the main manufacturers of carburetor engines for vehicles, all models of currently produced engines can be operated on AI-92 (Regular-92) gasoline, and those produced earlier, including the Moskvich-412 car, allow the use of high-octane gasoline subject to adjusting the engine settings. "

By the way, at gas stations in Western Europe you will no longer find gasoline with an octane rating lower than AI-95. However, in Belarus there is no talk of limiting the sales of the 92nd yet.

No need to turn on the headlights

The obligation to ride with dipped headlights (from November 1 to March 31) was imposed around the clock in 2003. The initiators referred to the European experience, which was considered positive.

A year after the innovation, the traffic police reported: the number of accidents committed during daylight hours decreased by 4%, the number of pedestrian collisions by 3%, by 7% - head-on collisions, by 25% - accident victims.

However, in November 2004, Alexander Lukashenko was outraged by the fact that drivers are obliged to drive with their headlights on during the day. In particular, he then said: “You go and watch: the sun is on, the light is better than you can imagine, and the car drives with the headlights on. And they torment the citizens who are driving cars today. Look who you put behind the car and smell them well. And who gave you the right to change the rules of the road? "

The tone of the comment by Natalya Pyatkevich (who was then the president's press secretary) was more official: “The rules that vehicles must move during daylight hours with the headlights on caused indignation and bewilderment among both drivers and pedestrians. Nevertheless, this did not add to traffic safety ... All those absurdities that do not create additional conditions for traffic safety, but simply interfere with both pedestrians and drivers, should be excluded from the traffic rules ”.

Soon, this paragraph in the traffic rules was adjusted. Now it sounds different and obliges all drivers to turn on the dipped headlights during daylight hours during special events (as a rule, traffic police actions).

Driving schools have adjusted the curriculum

Previously, driving schools studied the design of cars quite deeply. One could see how the cadets crammed into the carburetor engine. In some places, posters and stands have remained from the old days, which now rather serve as decorations.

The development of motorization, the improvement of the quality of service and the spread of evacuation services made many requirements obsolete, and curriculum corrected. Indeed, why should a modern motorist know how to change candles or an oil filter, if specially trained people will do it quickly and efficiently.

As the specialists involved in training the cadets told us, now five hours of theory and one hour of practice are allotted to study the car.

However, the cadets themselves say that today they rarely devote time to this topic. And then the service station employees tell anecdotal cases about part 710. Real story one driving school cadet: “In one of the last lessons, the teacher asked if everyone knew how the clutch worked. More precisely, what happens when you depress the pedal. Everyone screamed out loud: "Yes, the disks are shrinking." I learned the correct answer not at a driving school, but from a third-party instructor. "

Road fund and its liquidation

The cancellation of the single road fund backfired first on the quality of roads, and then on the pockets of motorists. Previously, the money came from excise taxes on gasoline and some taxes paid when buying a car. When these fees were canceled, many rushed to rejoice.

Nevertheless, the road workers complained that the cancellation of the fund had the most impact on local roads, as a result of which funding for their maintenance was significantly reduced.

And after a few years it was decided to maintain the condition of the roads at the expense of the state duty, which they began to collect when paying for a technical inspection. Then many motorists decided to abandon MOT. According to Beltekhosmotr, more than half of the registered vehicles last year were not shown at diagnostic stations.

They decided to urgently adjust the procedure for collecting state fees. Now they want to decouple payment from the passage of maintenance, and make the system of collecting money for the operation of routes more flexible.

In order to prevent road accidents with the participation of children, the State Traffic Inspectorate will hold a special comprehensive event throughout the country from May 25 to June 5. "Attention - children!", Viktoria Tsaruk, the senior inspector for the AiP OGAI of the Oktyabrsky district police department of Minsk, told the portal.

"Employees of the internal affairs bodies, together with teachers, will conduct various preventive measures, conversations, actions, round tables in educational institutions, where they will remind the children of the basic rules of the road for them, the impeccable observance of which will allow them to avoid injuries on the roads during the summer holidays," she said V. Tsaruk.

She added that the law enforcement officers will also visit labor collectives and parent meetings, where they will remind adults that a very serious and responsible time is coming for them, when they will have to make every effort so that trouble does not happen to their children.

Special attention, according to V. Tsaruk, will be paid to safe transportation rules young passengers. Also, the outfits of the road patrol service will be closer to places of mass gathering of children. Traditionally, militiamen will take part in the festive ceremony dedicated to the "Last Call" holidays.

"Analysis of the situation in the field of road traffic indicates that in May-June, in connection with the end of the school year, the problem of child road traffic injuries may be aggravated," the senior inspector said.

In this regard, the State Traffic Inspectorate reminds all drivers of the need to move during daylight hours with included on the vehicle dipped headlights or daytime running lights (if any) during the period of a special complex event (clause 166.9 of the Traffic Rules of the Republic of Belarus).

The traffic police also asks parents not to leave their children unattended and constantly keep them under control. "Be sure to repeat with your child the basic rules of safe behavior on the road, how to behave in courtyards, where it is safe to play ball, ride a bicycle, rollerblades, scooter, etc. Despite your worries, eternal haste, you must not forget Repeat with your child the rules of crossing the road, check if he understands them correctly, whether he knows how to use this knowledge in real traffic situations, "the law enforcement officers urge.

According to the traffic police, over 4 months of this year, 11 road accidents were registered in Minsk with the participation of children under the age of 18, in which 6 children-pedestrians, 4 child-passengers and 1 child-cyclist received injuries of varying severity. Out of 11 accidents involving minors, 2 were caused by children.

Chapter 1

General Provisions

2.78. road elements - one or more carriageways roads, tramways, sidewalks, pedestrian and bicycle paths (except for bike paths located separately from the road), landing siteslocated on the carriageway of the road and intended for boarding (disembarking) passengers in a route vehicle, islands of safety, highlighted constructively or by horizontal road marking lines, dividing zones, median strips, level crossings and shoulders;

2.75. improved coverage - road surface from asphalt concrete or cement concrete mixtures, from crushed stone, gravel, slag or other mineral materials treated with organic or mineral binders, as well as piece materials: paving stones, cobblestone, clinker, mosaics etc.;

2.50. lane - any of the longitudinal lanes of the carriageway roads marked or not marked with horizontal road markings and wide enough for the movement of vehicles (except for single-track) in one row;

2.57. separation zone - element highlighted by horizontal road markings roads, separating adjacent carriageways and is not intended for the movement or stopping of vehicles and pedestrians outside specially designated places;

2.10. lawn - a piece of land with natural or artificially created vegetation, mainly grass, cover;

It is very easy to remember where the lane is, and where the zone is, with the help of the memory: Our zone is without a lawn, the lane is mow!

2.72. sidewalk - a road element adjacent to the carriageway or separated from it by a lawn, intended for the movement of pedestrians and cyclists in accordance with these Rules;

2.17. road traffic - movement of pedestrians and (or) vehicles on the way, including parking and stopping within the road, and related public relations;

2.65. technical means of traffic management - devices, structures and images used on the roads to regulate traffic, ensure its safety and increase traffic capacity roads;

2.45. crossroads - the place of intersection, abutment or fork of roads at the same level. Junction border defined by imaginary lines connecting respectively opposite, the most distant from the center of the intersection, the beginning of the curvature of the carriageways roads. Are not intersections intersections with cycle paths, walking paths and riders' paths;

2.11. the main road - road, marked with road signs "Main road", "Intersection with a minor road", "Junction of a minor road", "Motorway" or "Road for cars", in relation to the intersection (adjacent), road with improved coverage in relation to the road without such coverage, road gravel in relation to unpaved, any road in relation to exits from adjacent territories or residential areas... The presence on a secondary road immediately before the intersection of a section with a surface (improved or gravel) does not make it equal in value to the intersected one;

2.79. overpass - engineering structure to raise one road above another at the intersectionas well as for placement at a certain height of a road that does not have ramps to another road;

2.29. locality - the territory, the entries to and exits from which marked with road signs "Start settlement"And" End of the settlement "or road signs" Beginning of the border of the settlement "and" End of the border of the settlement ";

2.32. road visibility - objective the ability to see the traffic situation from the driver's seat;

2.7. road visibility - maximum distance in the direction of travel at which road elements can be recognized from the driver's seat and technical means of organizing traffic in front of the vehicle and correctly navigate when driving it;

2.35. limited visibility roads - road visibility, limited by the geometric parameters of the road, roadside engineering structures, plantings and other objects, as well as vehicles;

2.63. night time - time intervalthat starts after the Sunset and ends with sunrise;

Person

2.77. road user - individual, roadside in (on) the vehicle or outside it, except for the traffic controller and an employee performing in due order on the road repair and other work;

Equated to a traffic controller military Automobile Inspection Officer Of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus in equipment (uniforms of high visibility with elements of reflective material, with a disc with a red signal (retroreflector) and a whistle) while ensuring the movement of organized transport convoys, which include vehicles belonging to the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Security Committee, the State Border Committee, other troops and military formations of the Republic of Belarus;

2.8. driver - physical person driving a vehicle, self-propelled machine, with the exception of a person trained in driving by motor vehicle , self-propelled machine (passing the qualifying practical examination for the right to drive a power-driven vehicle , self-propelled machine).

2.74. driving a vehicle - impact on the controls of the vehicle, leading to a change in its position relative to the original;

2.44. passenger - an individual who is not involved in driving a vehicle who is in (on) a vehicle, as well as entering (getting into) a vehicle or getting off (disembarking) from a vehicle;

2.39. organized pedestrian column - pedestrians group represented in accordance with these rules, having a leader and moving along a certain route;

2.14. children - minor road userswhose age is known or obvious from external signs other road users;

Vehicles

2.69. vehicle - device, road-going and for the carriage of passengers, cargo or equipment installed on it;

2.54. trailer - vehicle intended to be driven in a convoy with a power-driven vehicle;

2.26. - vehicle, motor-driven;

2.1. bus - a car with more than nine seats, including the driver's seat;

2.25. route vehicle - motor vehicle (bus, trolleybus, tram, other vehicle operating in regular regular, high-speed traffic, including express), moving along a set route with designated stopping points;

2.36. single-track vehicle - vehicle on wheels that are placed on one line one after the other;

2.73. heavy and (or) large-sized vehicle - vehicle, maximum weight and (or) dimensions which exceed the permissible parametersinstalled for travel on public roads;

2.70. operational vehicle - vehicle, having a special color-graphic color and (or) light and sound signaling;

2.40. organized convoy - vehicle or convoymoving with the dipped headlights on constantly accompanied by an operational vehicle (vehicles) with turned on flashing signals (beacons) (hereinafter - beacons) of blue or blue and red colors;

2.12. state technical inspection - a set of organizational and technical measures aimed at preventing vehicles from participating in traffic that do not meet the requirements international legal documents relating to the safety of wheeled vehicles, items of equipment and parts that can be installed and (or) used on wheeled vehicles, mandatory for compliance with the requirements of technical regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Belarus in this area (hereinafter referred to as technical regulatory legal acts) ;

2.64. technically permissible total weight - the maximum mass of the vehicle, established by the organization (plant) - manufacturer (with cargo, driver and passengers). The technically permissible total mass of the road train is the sum of the technically permissible total mass of the vehicle (wheeled tractor) and the trailer;

Traffic conditions and traffic situations

2.24. maneuvering (maneuver) - beginning of movement, rebuilding of a vehicle in motion from one lane to another (hereinafter - rebuilding), as well as its turn to the right or left, a U-turn, exit from the carriageway, reversing.

2.51. advantage - the right to priority movement in the intended direction in relation to other road users;

2.76. give way (have no advantage) - a requirement meaning do not resume movement, reduce the speed of movement until the vehicle stops or do not carry out any maneuver (with the exception of the requirement to vacate the occupied lane given by a traffic controller or driver of an operational vehicle), if it can force another participant (other participants) of road traffic to change direction and (or) speed movement;

2.41. vehicle stop for up to 5 minutes, as well as for more than 5 minutes, if it is necessary to board (disembark) passengers or load (unload) a vehicle;

2.61. vehicle parking - deliberate cessation of vehicle movement for more than 5 minutes for reasons not related to the embarkation (disembarkation) of passengers or loading (unloading) of the vehicle;

2.4. road safety - traffic conditions, ensuring the minimum likelihood of a hazard for traffic and traffic accidents;

2.37. danger to traffic - changing conditions road traffic or technical condition of a vehicle, endangering the safety of road users, forcing the driver to slow down or stop;

2.40 1 . leaving the scene of a traffic accident - actions of a participant in a traffic accident, aimed at concealing the fact of such an incident or the circumstances of its commissionthat led to the need for the employees of the State Automobile Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (hereinafter - the GAI) to carry out measures to identify (search) this participant and (or) search for the vehicle;

2.43. traffic accident eyewitness - individual, directly observing the road traffic accident, who has the relevant information and can provide it;

Traffic police are coordinating road traffic in cases not stipulated by these Rules, as well as when using technical means of traffic management for experimental purposes that are not provided for by these Rules and technical regulatory legal acts. Timely communication in accessible forms to the attention of individuals and legal entities technical normative legal acts in the field of road traffic and ensuring its safety assigned to the republican body government controlled for standardization, metrology and certification.

Violation of these Rules entails liabilityestablished by legislative acts.

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