Good times don’t last forever and regional government officials want to reintroduce fines for speeding over 10–20 km/h. However, it will refer to speeding in populated areas only. The law has not been adopted yet but it’s time to start paying closer attention to your speed.
Many car owners breathed with relief when fines for speeding below 20 km/h were cancelled starting from September 1, 2013, even though fines for other violations increased. Either the government coffers are thinning out, or they might be truly concerned about on-road safety — in any case, the law is under consideration now.
“Poor road pavement, insufficient amount of high-speed routes, plenty of pedestrian overpasses, and other factors do not allow drivers moving at high speeds. The idea of raising speed limit is not in line with having a great number of uncontrolled pedestrian crossings across high-speed and multi-lane roads”, was said in the project explanatory note on the official website of State Duma.
Let us remind, that the most severe fines for speeding over 60–80 km/h offer a penalty of 2,500 RUB or suspension of driving licence for 4–6 months, while speeding over 80 km/h offers a penalty of 5,000 RUB or suspension of driving licence for six months. In both cases, if a violation is repeated, driver's license will be suspended for one year.
