Minsk Traffic Police Starts to Catch Fans of Speeding

25.06.2010 14:01
Архив Редакция

June 25, Minsk traffic police announced the start of "Speed" operation. Special set of activities is carried out to prevent accidents, one of which reasons is speeding, reported in Minsk city traffic police.

According to traffic officers, the majority of drivers underestimate the velocity’s impact on the severity of a possible collision, while understanding of the danger, associated with the speed, depends on the person’s age.

«Asked about the role of car’s speed in accident, only 15% of drivers under the age of 25 years, mentioned high velocity as the main cause of accidents. At the same time, among drivers older than 25 years, there are already 43% who noted that», reported in state traffic police and concluded that young drivers overestimate their ability to compensate high speed with skilful driving.

At the traffic police reminded that according to article 18.13 of Code of Administrative Offences, speeding over 30 km/h provides a penalty of 2 to 10 basic values (70-350 thousand rubles), and repeated within a year speeding over 20 km/h — a fine of 4 to 15 basic values or disqualification from driving up to one year.

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