Legislation Russian Federation envisages situations of high the risk of an accident and therefore every six months, the Rules of the Road are amended. There is a lot of misinformation on the Internet and in the media about new laws requiring drivers to wear helmets while driving vehicle... Helmets are required to be worn only by motorcycle drivers, for car drivers they are prohibited, as they obscure the view.
Latest amendments to the traffic police rules on the presence of a helmet while driving
The last changes to the Rules of the Road were made on January 3, 2018. The new provisions of the traffic rules do not provide information on the need to ride in a helmet in cars.
On April 1, 2017, information was published in the media that on April 10, 2017, changes should be made to traffic rules system and traffic police.According to these changes, drivers of cars and trucks must wear a helmet while driving in a car if there are no airbags in it. This information was expressed and publicly published by the General of Police of the Russian Federation V. Kolokoltsev. The police general provided the media with a scanned copy of order number 777 containing the above information. The order also states that the fine for the absence of a helmet is 100,500 thousand rubles.
There is another type of law on traffic police helmets, designed for drivers, motorcycle owners.
Is it mandatory to wear a helmet while traveling?
It is not necessary to wear a helmet when traveling in a truck or car. Riding in a helmet on a passenger car and riding in a helmet on truck not even recommended, because it can obscure the driver's view. For safety reasons, the driver is not allowed to put any items of clothing on his head that block his sufficient view. He may be fined for wearing a helmet while driving.
There is also a belief that children should wear a helmet when driving. But this is also not true, since in the event of an accident, the child will need an air supply, and the helmet will interfere with this. also in accident case the helmet can get stuck in the car, and while it is removed, the child may have time to suffocate.
Are there penalties for lack of remedies?
Since there is no law about a helmet while driving, there are no fines. The fine can be received by the owner of the car who is wearing a helmet while driving the car, which obscures the view and increases the likelihood of a collision. A driver wearing a helmet will be stopped by traffic police due to the risk of an accident and asked to take off his helmet. If the driver refuses, a protocol will be drawn up and the citizen driving may receive a penalty in the form of a fine.
A helmet is required for drivers, motorcycle owners. The relevant information is provided in article 12.6 of the Code of Administrative Responsibility.This article says that driving a vehicle by a driver who is not wearing a seat belt, transporting passengers who are not wearing seat belts, if the vehicle design provides for seat belts, as well as driving a motorcycle or moped or transporting passengers on a motorcycle without motorcycle helmets or in unfastened motorcycle helmets - entails overlapping administrative fine in the amount of one thousand rubles.
The information provided means that the law on helmets for motorcycle drivers exists and the traffic police have the right to stop a motorcyclist without a helmet or if his helmet is not buttoned up and draw up a report of the offense.
A list of consequences for a motorcycle rider if he rides without a helmet:
- Penalty for offense. Many drivers believe that traffic police officers will not pursue them just to impose penalties. However, this is an incorrect conclusion, information about the motorcycle is entered into the protocol and a notification about the imposition of responsibility will be sent to the driver by mail. In addition, if the owner of the motorcycle does not stop, the fine may be higher;
- The driver endangers passengers. To ensure the protection of passengers, security measures must be taken. In other cases, in case of an accident, the passage can not only remain disabled, but also die;
- In addition to the fact that the passenger may die and this will cause irreparable moral harm to the driver, he will also be obliged to pay compensation to the family of the deceased in accordance with Article 1079 Civil Code Russia.
Download the text of the law on driving with a helmet
There is no legislation according to which the driver of a car is obliged to wear a certain headgear or helmet while driving. There are other rules that keep the driver alive. The helmet must be worn and fastened by motorcycle drivers, which is formalized in the code of administrative responsibility. It is recommended to study the traffic rules and the Code of Administrative Offenses to avoid conflict situations and to better understand the situational rules.
You can download the latest version of the Rules of the Road
In the legislation of Russia, certain rules and restrictions are formalized that the driver must know and observe when driving in vehicles. These rules list and describe items with an indication of systems, mechanisms, parts and elements that drivers are required to complete in own car... Thanks to the Road Traffic Regulations, the state regulates and monitors driving on the country's roads to protect the population.
Are airbags required by law?
In the legislation of the Russian Federation, airbags are not an obligatory element of the vehicle equipment for moving around the country. A large number of car models do not provide for the presence of the described system in the factory design of the vehicle configuration. Some domestic and foreign car models do not have airbags and they are not provided in them.
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On April 1, 2017, Russian Police General V. Kolokoltsev made a public statement that on April 10, order number 777 (issued on March 28, 2017) was to be issued, in which new provisions and changes for the Rules of the Road would be written. According to the general of police, this order should have included changes in the system of fines and in the security system of the car. Drivers would have to wear helmets in cases where the car did not have an airbag. If a traffic police officer stopped a driver on the road and he was without a helmet, and the car was not equipped with appropriate pillows, a fine of 100.5 million rubles would be charged. On April 10, an employee of the State Traffic Inspectorate denied the general's words. It turned out that it was just a joke, timed to April 1.
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After the police general's joke, the media raised the issue of the safety of drivers and their passengers. It is important to remember that the described airbag in the car helps to protect yourself and your loved ones. Without it, the likelihood of injury in an accident or even death increases dramatically.
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According to statistics, Russian drivers are much more likely to buy cars that are not equipped with any safety equipment. They choose cars with an audio system, electric windows, leather upholstery, but forget about their own safety.
If the car is old model
For older cars, there is also no specific provision in the mandatory airbag legislation. Accordingly, there is no punishment for the absence of the described system. However, a fine can be charged to the driver if his car does not have seat belts. Also, any changes made to the car manually, which are not provided by the manufacturer, are punishable by law. Therefore, if, according to the manufacturer, the described pillow should be in the car, in order to avoid a fine for incomplete complete set, it is worth putting it. If the manufacturer did not take into account the pillow, then you can install it by submitting an application to the traffic police to install an additional system.
Allowed time for replacement and installation of airbags
Each device or system requires timely repair or replacement. It's the same with airbags. According to the legislation, the depreciation of the described system is carried out within 10 years. After 10 years the pillow is considered unusable and must be replaced.
If the airbag is mechanically or programmatically damaged, the corresponding lamp on the dashboard should light up in the car. There are many reasons when the pillow can be damaged or deployed due to an accident, in case of strong pressure, when the torpedo is heated in the sun, etc.
For correct work airbags are being repaired for the following vehicle parts:
- Torpedo;
- Airbag mechanism;
- Wheel.
After the repair, the master connects the computer to the machine and reconfigures the machine system, redirects the nodes and reprograms the new elements introduced.
After an accident, it is advisable to replace the airbags as soon as possible for your own safety. There is no specific time in the legislation for this. In order to quickly and efficiently do this, it is best to contact the service station.
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Responsibility
There are no penalties or fines for the lack of airbags. The only thing that can happen is that the traffic police officer will make a remark to the driver about the need to install a security system for his own protection and the protection of loved ones who will be placed in the passenger seats. In the described area, fines are charged to the driver in the absence of seat belts in the vehicle. The amount of the fine for imposed administrative responsibility for the absence of belts in the car is 500 rubles.
A fine is imposed on the driver in cases where there are no seat belts and (or) seat head restraints, if their installation is provided for by the design of the vehicle or provisions on the admission of vehicles to operation and responsibilities officials for security road traffic.
Download the text of the law on airbags in cars
As such, there is no law on airbags, but there are Road Traffic Regulations that any driver must comply with when driving. The SDA prescribes obligations for persons whose vehicles include additional devices... To understand which systems and mechanisms must be in the car, and which are not, it is recommended to study traffic rules.
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The Blagoveshchens are discussing a fake law that they have to ride in helmets. A document with new amendments, which was allegedly signed by Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, “went through” social networks. The rules state that from April 10, 2017, drivers whose cars are not equipped with airbags will have to ride in helmets. Some Amur residents immediately saw this as an April Fool's joke, and some took the unpleasant news seriously.
Many have already asked about this document, it is just someone's joke. Such amendments to the traffic rules will not be introduced, - commented Marina Zabykina, head of the traffic police propaganda department of the Amur Region.
Information about the introduction of new amendments to the traffic rules was denied by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
"The publication of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia of the order of March 28, 2017 No. 777" On amendments and changes to the rules of the road "is not true," - said the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk.
In addition, the official website of the department emphasizes that only the Government of the Russian Federation can make changes to the traffic rules.
By the way, the sensational news about the helmets of motorists spread throughout Russia. The April Fools' duck was issued by the Kazakh edition. Moreover, the authors of the material signed at the end: "Stable newspaper" congratulates on April 1.
An April Fool's joke scared motorists and alarmed journalists.
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Changes in traffic rules will come into force on April 10, 2017. Users rushed to guess: whether they will be completed domestic cars helmets from the factory, will it help lada models get 5 stars on EuroNCAP tests, can a helmet with horns fit in the cabin ...
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An April Fool's joke from a newspaper page, displayed in the form of a photograph, is still relevant today. In this joke, it is reported that from January 1, 2018, helmets will have to be worn not only by motorcyclists, but also by drivers. road transport... This also applies to passengers who could not protect themselves in the cabin. passenger car airbags.
For many Internet users, the novelty of an unknown origin seemed strange, some recognized it as useful and believed it in joke. And everything is logically explained very simply: in any accident, drivers and passengers who have protected themselves with helmets, hitting their heads on the glass or on the frame, will not receive any serious damage. A document with signatures and a seal was posted on the Internet, informing that the law on helmets will come into force on January 1, 2018.
Where did the news come from
The joke came from Kazakhstan, where the drivers took the "innovation" seriously. Russian "networkers" went further - they confirmed the newspaper clipping of March 30 with a "cooked up" order from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The newspaper, the page with the news of which was processed by a photo editor, reports that from January 1, 2018, all drivers of the Russian Federation and the CIS countries will be obliged to ride in a helmet. The order says that a corresponding amendment will be made to the traffic rules. Drivers of cars not equipped with airbags will have to wear helmets outside the city and other settlements.
The news was described in the Shchuchinsk newspaper “Stablenaya Gazeta”, and with lightning speed it spread throughout the Internet in different interpretations. The most interesting thing is that none of the readers noticed the editor's footnotes that this publication was just a joke for the Fool's Day. Gambling fans of the spread of fakes carried the "news" throughout Russia, attracting the interest of many "dummies" and "strawberry lovers".
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The situation was clarified by many sources, including the press secretary of the Administrative Police Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan I. Lukyanina. She wrote on her Facebook page that the order “issued” by someone had nothing to do with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. And this "news" is just an April Fools' rally.
Director of the Department of State Language of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan A. Sadubaev commented that such a norm cannot be included in the traffic rules.
Motorists of Blagoveshchensk were seriously discussing in messengers and social networks whether helmets for motorists will be worn by all without exception from January 1, 2018.
The Amur AP correspondent visited the local Interior Ministry, where he was informed about the fake content of social networks with comic information. Signature under the order document dated 28.03. 2017 No. 777 is fake, and there is no reason to punish jokers. In each publication, they made a footnote that only attentive readers noticed. In the Amur traffic police department the whole team took the joke and laughed heartily before the holiday.
The official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation I. Volk commented that the publication about amendments and changes in traffic rules, which is walking around the Internet, has nothing to do with the traffic police - all changes in this area are the prerogative of the government, but not the police.
In the order, one could notice the discrepancy of the dates, which already indicates the illegality of the document posted on the network that all motorists from January 1, 2018 will ride in helmets.
