Increase in traffic finesPhoto:Press service archivesStarting from January 1, 2012, driving through a red light or a prohibiting gesture from a traffic controller will cost 1,000 rubles. Previously, the fine for such an offense was 700 rubles. Those who like to cross the stop line and wait for the green light at a pedestrian crossing will now have to pay 800 rubles for each violation. If, of course, there is someone to record it. However, since such an offense was previously not subject to a fine, the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate has a chance to collect a lot of money for the state, especially in the capital region.From January 1, traffic jams on the roads will also be fought with rubles. If previously, driving through an intersection where a traffic jam had formed cost only 100 rubles (more often than not, drivers got off with a warning), now a driver who parks his car across the road and creates an obstacle for traffic in the transverse direction will have to fork out 1,000 rubles. This is especially relevant in large cities, where the rule of not driving through an intersection if a traffic jam has formed at it or immediately after it is violated on a regular basis. We are confident that toughening this penalty should become an effective measure in the fight against traffic jams. After all, a large number of traffic jams are currently created in precisely such situations: a driver drove out onto a busy intersection and was forced to stop there, thereby blocking the flow of traffic in the transverse direction, ITAR-TASS quotes the words of Deputy Head of the Main Directorate for Road Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Major General of Police Vladimir Kuzin. Also, from January 1, the fine for failure to comply with the traffic rules requirement to give way to a vehicle enjoying the right-of-way when passing an intersection has increased from 100 to 1,000 rubles. Often, it is ignoring the signs «Give Way» leads to serious traffic accidents in urban areas, in which pedestrians are often injured.
