the world each year an increasing number of cars on the road.People get a driver's license and become happy owners of foreign cars.But apart from joyful moments, widespread motorization has a major disadvantage - increased accidents on the roads.In Russia die each year in road accidents more than 10 thousand people.Therefore, the problem of safety in road traffic does not cease to be relevant.To solve the problem in Russia it was created by the traffic police.Explanation of abbreviations of interest to many people.
History, value abbreviations
Security control traffic movements carried out by state and municipal authorities.But in every country there are special Interior Ministry units, which are aimed at solving problems, concerns and issues of traffic.In the world they are called differently.In Russia, it is SAI, which is a structural subdivision of the Ministry of Interior interdepartmental.The concept of traffic police (transcript will be provided below), first appeared in 1936.First, it was established the State Automobile Inspectorate, which is popularly abbreviated as GAI.In 1998 it was renamed the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate (transcript - State Inspection of road safety).
Subdivisions
Traffic police is part of the Russian Interior Ministry.Its system includes the territorial, specialized bodies and agencies of the research type.Few know how to decipher the traffic police.Under this concept implies State Inspection of road safety.General Directorate there is a federal body.The concept of traffic police, deciphering acronyms spelled out in the legislation.Presidential Decree number 711 stipulates that SAI conducts federal oversight and performs licensing functions in the areas of road safety, traffic.The system includes a traffic police:
- division at the federal level - the General Directorate;
- center for special purposes;
- inspection division of territorial bodies of the Ministry of Interior;
- specialized units;
- division of cities, districts, and municipalities;
- scientific and research institutions.
Local departments, traffic police units have dual subordination.Linear they are subject to the relevant police department, and in functional parts - the higher bodies of traffic police.The Minister or the Chief of Police is appointed by the head of a single-level traffic police and his deputy.Higher authorities Inspection supervise subordinate units.The minister and the head of the Interior determines the organization of the work of subordinates.
Legal basis of traffic police and the direction of its activity
law "On Police", approved by the president of the "Regulations on the traffic police," the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation, Government Decision "On the Road Safety" constitute the legal basis for the traffic police.This includes other legislation.What is the traffic police and what it does, not everyone knows.The State Inspectorate has elements that are characteristic of administrative supervision.Function (activities) inspections are:
- design, construction of roads and the control of their status;
- the registration of the vehicle and check their status (ensuring proper quality of transport);
- admission of drivers to control the vehicle, subjecting them to appropriate action for failure to fulfill the rules in the field of road traffic;
- educational work with other road users (passengers, pedestrians, cab drivers);
- tracing stolen vehicles;
- tracking of dangerous goods, and more.
traffic police involved in the drafting of laws, government regulations, orders of the Interior Ministry, other legislative acts that are related to security in the areas of road, traffic.
road patrol service
Regulation "On the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate" gives the concept of the traffic police.There's also the basic tasks of its DPS (traffic police officers).
- Saving lives and property of each participant in road traffic;protection of their rights and legitimate interests.
- Protecting the interests of public and state levels.
- Ensuring safe conditions in the areas of traffic and their smooth functioning.
- preventing, combating administrative violations in the areas of traffic.
special role in the work of traffic police assigned to monitor compliance with speed limits of the Movement.This is accomplished with the use of special technical means.Traffic police officer mandatory losing credit for knowledge of the rules of the use of radar.