Moscow traffic officials back lowering the non-punishable speeding threshold from 20 to 2-3 km/h. The State Duma came out sharply against it.

The Moscow Traffic Management Center backed lowering the non-punishable speeding threshold from 20 to 2-3 km/h. The State Duma came out strongly against it.

Mikhail Kizlyk, генеральный директор Центра организации дорожного движения:

"If you look at the specifications of the latest modern photo and video enforcement camera, it lists a margin of error of 1 km/h. That means technologically the cameras are ready to record speed with minimal error. We are always 'for' [...] It can be set at 2-3 km/h," he said in an interview with Radio RBC.

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin:

"We consider it UNACCEPTABLE to bring into the agenda a topic that CLEARLY WILL NOT BE SUPPORTED.

As for technical capabilities, they will improve.

But the question arises:

is it worth going down this path?

We believe it SHOULD NOT be done.

At present, the non-punishable threshold is 20 km/h.

LET US BE GUIDED BY THAT.

The overwhelming majority of deputies, regardless of faction, are AGAINST the proposal under discussion to change the non-punishable threshold.

Before voicing something like this and creating tension in society, it is necessary to THINK 10 TIMES: IS THIS REALLY NEEDED?" he wrote on his Telegram channel (spelling and punctuation preserved).