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The Verkhovna Rada failed a vote on the bill to increase liability for traffic violations.
15 September the Rada held two indicative votes on bill No. 15348, there were no votes. Therefore the vote was postponed to 16 September.
16 September the vote failed for this bill and for the alternative — No. 15348-1 — which proposed more comprehensive changes for violations and which was supported by NGOs and the community of families of children killed in traffic accidents.
The first bill is from the Committee on Law Enforcement. Its chair Serhiy Ionushas 15 September said in a speech in the Rada that the current fine — 340 UAH (170 UAH for early payment) — is not punishment but an incentive to break traffic rules: “The Committee supported the main bill — raising fines, but gradually. They propose for speeding over 20 km/h to increase to 780 UAH; more than 40 km/h — 2000 UAH; for systemic violations — exceeding speed by 60-80 km/h during the year to be punished with a fine of 17 000 UAH.”
Roman Hryshchuk, the author of the alternative bill, argued that merely raising the fine for speeding would hardly change the trend of traffic accidents: “Only license suspensions for systematic and substantial speeding can change the situation on the roads. This exists in developed countries with low road deaths and injuries.”
The first bill fell one vote short of being adopted as a basis.
The alternative bill also did not gather the required number of votes.
Roman Lozynskyi reacted from the rostrum to these votes: “There were a few more minutes of shame in the chamber just now. The Rada just did something to be ashamed of. The failed bill to raise fines. Do you ever walk the streets as pedestrians? Do you see how people drive on the roads? Besides your cars, you have children. Is it comfortable for you to cross a crosswalk with children, in courtyard areas where sports cars fly in at reckless speed? I have no question why those who own cars worth 100, 200 thousand dollars didn’t vote for the bill. Because ‘mom loves speed.’ But what must we, as the Rada, wait for? For one of our children to be killed? Or a relative of one of us? Then will you vote for the law? I’m terrified for my son.”
Reminder,
5 June a traffic accident in the Solomianskyi district of the capital killed four people. The crash occurred due to the driver’s speeding, who drove into an underground passage.
The parents of the 12-year-old teenager Hrysha Hlushych, who was one of the four killed, will push for changes to the entire road safety system in Ukraine. The family of Hryhorii Hlushych believes that his death did not happen by accident but was the result of weak Ukrainian legislation.
It was established that the vehicle already had at least 39 recorded traffic violations, mostly speeding.
In August in Kyiv a passenger car collided with a minibus and drove into a bus stop, killing two women. This happened one stop away from the June 5 crash site.
At the time President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a National Security and Defense Council meeting regarding the situation on the roads.
Why is there total chaos on Ukraine’s roads? Read the in-depth analysis at LB.ua and the expert piece on our and global figures.
Conversation with the parents of Hrysha Hlushych here.
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