Ring Road to get rid of trucks

In the city administration once again received a proposal to restrict the movement of trucks. This time the wagons want to ban driving on the Ring Road during the daytime. The Moscow City Government is considering a draft of the ban on movement of heavy trucks on the Ring Road from 7 to 22 hours. Restriction is proposed to introduce from January 15, 2011. It will cover cars with carrying capacity exceeding 1,5 tonnes. The exception was the cars operational and emergency services, technical assistance and special-purpose vehicles of urban services, dealing with cleanup. Also on the ring main will let motor vehicles in international traffic. Idea of ??this ruling is not new - various automobile associations have long been proposed to learn from cities in other countries where freight are carried out only at night. This omission is particularly felt in the peak hours when there is a large amount of light accidents. And very often trucks fall into such accidents, as drivers of cars trying to slip in front of them. A drive around two passenger cars collided much easier than wagon. If this ban comes into force, the motion on one of the busiest thoroughfares in Moscow will be freer. The Department of Transport and Communications of Moscow noted that one of the causes of congestion on the Moscow ring road, are the major shopping centers being built in areas near the highway, entrance to which is carried through the Ring Road. Percentage of heavy trucks is about 30% of the total flow on Ring Road. It is known that trucks take up much space, they are unwieldy in traffic jams, while in winter it altogether impossible to fully move in a stream. In addition, drivers often violate traffic rules Fur, taking the band for high-speed traffic. In turn, the truckers are concerned that employers may impose fines for simple goods, if they do not have time to deliver it in the allowed time. Trucks have long been oppressed in every way on Moscow roads. Nearly six years have elapsed from the time when the ban came into force on the entry within the Garden Ring of cars with capacity of more than 1 ton from 7 to 22 hours. To haul the car still was able to get to your destination in daylight, it is necessary to issue a special permit. However, the head of the Department of Transport and Communications of Moscow Vasily Kichedzhi unhappy that such omissions can be easily purchased from the traffic police. In addition, in 2008, was denied entry into the center of the city trucks class below the "Euro-2". Thus, the government hoped to improve the ecological situation in the city. And in March of this year considered a bill, under which all the trucks were forbidden to call in a third ring outside in the daytime. Text: Olga Zabelkina.