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"The system of compensation for damage has been tested using

Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 6:42 am
by tanjimajuha20
Chairman of the party "A Just Russia - For Truth" Sergei Mironov sent an official letter to the Chairman of the Russian Government Mikhail Mishustin on the issue of tightening control over the use of electric scooters.

According to the Scientific Center for Road Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, the number of road accidents (RA) involving electric scooters increased by 40% in Russia last year. In the first half of 2023, it increased by another 181.9%, and the number of victims almost doubled. As a result of accidents involving electric scooters in Russia, 12 people died, 1,082 people were injured, including 432 children under the age of 16.

Sergey Mironov proposes to estonia whatsapp resource introduce fines from 2,500 to 25,000 rubles and the possibility of a ban on the use of electric scooters for a period of one and a half to two years in the Code of Administrative Offenses (CAO) for a number of offenses. "Currently, persons driving electric scooters who are found guilty of causing serious bodily harm or death through negligence do not face serious punishment. I believe that liability in this area should be tightened, and we propose to supplement the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation with an article "Violation of traffic rules and operation of personal mobility vehicles." Within the framework of this article, it is necessary to provide for the introduction of forced labor for up to two years, arrest for up to six months, imprisonment for a term of two to seven years," Sergey Mironov clarified.

the example of car-sharing companies. The renter of the car must pay compensation for damage, and the same should be with the rental of electric scooters. The fine for violating traffic rules must first be paid by the company, and then, in a regressive manner, the funds should be collected from the renter. A similar scheme should be in effect with compensation for victims of accidents involving renters of electric scooters," Sergey Mironov is confident.

Sergei Mironov proposes to supplement the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation with Article 264.5 "Violation of traffic rules and operation of personal mobility vehicles." "The following criminal offenses may be envisaged within the framework of this article: Violation by a person using a means of individual mobility of traffic rules or the operation of a means of individual mobility, which has resulted in the infliction of serious harm to a person's health through negligence, is punishable by restriction of freedom for up to three years, or forced labor for up to two years, or arrest for up to six months, or imprisonment for up to two years; an act provided for in part one of the article, which has resulted in the death of a person through negligence, is punishable by forced labor for up to four years or imprisonment for up to five years; an act provided for in part one of the article, which has resulted in the death of two or more persons through negligence, is punishable by forced labor for up to five years or imprisonment for up to seven years," Sergei Mironov told a ComNews correspondent.

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