We landed on the Moscow-Kavkaz highway, near the turn to Manas. There is a cluster of cafes and shops, gas stations and parking for trucks. But before the truckers went on strike on March 27, no one had seen so many cars and people here. The first thing that immediately caught my eye were police cars with flashing lights on, several military trucks, people in camouflage with machine guns and light machine guns, and, of course, tractors parked on the side of the road, mostly without semi-trailers. If you walk along the road in the direction of Makhachkala, you can see a large parking lot full of trucks. And if you cross the intersection and move in the direction of Baku (360 km to Baku), you will inevitably find yourself in the camp of Dagestan truckers, packed full of people and fenced off with metal barriers. It will be difficult to pass by, and it is impossible to stop the car in this section - the traffic police will immediately roar into the loudspeaker, forcing them to leave the parking lot.
We, the three of us from Moscow, obviously stood out from the rest, because all eyes quickly turned to us. And when I took out the camera, people began to approach and ask - “Are you journalists? From which edition? Federal channel? Will they show it on TV? "
No guys. They will not show. Federal channels will not come to you, and will tell you about anything - about Eurovision, about Ukraine, about America, but about truckers and "Platon" - if they say a few words, then certainly not about Dagestan, in which the carriers' strike announced across the country on March 27, took on an unprecedented scale. Thousands of people, a couple of hundred trucks, and a firm determination to stand their ground - this is what forced the local authorities to negotiate, spread rumors about the cancellation of Platon and send representatives of the Dagestani Ministry of Transport to the protesters in the hope of persuading them to disperse.
When the Deputy Minister of Transport for Dagestan arrived, people moved dense stream to the place of the meeting. The official walked among the people, and there were several people in camouflage uniforms with rubber truncheons nearby, but they were far behind. The crowd turned under the embankment, a small part of it - about 30-40 people, moved along the embankment. People continued to approach, two small wagons stood next to the embankment, and several young guys climbed onto the roofs of the wagons. A little later, I will be asked to do the same in order to capture a larger number of people.
The deputy minister spoke a lot, addressed people with respect, assured that he shared their demands and said that he had always been with them and would be with them in the future. No one bothered to speak to him. And, taking advantage of this, the Deputy Minister of Transport of the Republic of Dagestan in every possible way hinted that the authorities had already heard the demands, that tomorrow a proposal would be made to reduce levies and even completely abolish Platon. He assured that this is a long and difficult work, it is being carried out, it is necessary to stop provocations, disperse and form a working group of five people in order to go to an appointment with the head of the republic. These words were greeted by people with disapproving hum. The words sounded: "to stand to the end!", "What a job, they do nothing!" “Let them come to us themselves!”, “If we go, then all together!”.
Respectful communication with people cannot be expected from representatives of the authorities, for example, in Moscow. This tone of communication with the protesting truckers in Dagestan is by no means an accident. The deputy minister understands very well that he is talking with representatives of the multinational people of Dagestan, he is forced to admit that they are right and realize that there is a force for the people he is addressing that can force oneself to be respected, force the authorities to retreat and negotiate.
And this is a very important example for all peoples and regions of Russia. It just so happened that it was the assembly of Dagestan truckers that turned out to be at the forefront of democracy in this country. It was strikingly different from most of the rallies and protests that swept across the country in recent years.
First, there was no monopoly broadcast of the leaders from the rostrum. The meeting was a lively dialogue: the speaker spoke to people, and people answered him. He expected a reaction from them, and received it. The speaker tried to convince people, but could not disobey their will, disrespect their opinion, could not go against the general mood.
Secondly, from the conventional tribune, which was a mound with a sloping slope, different points of view sounded, up to the opposite. One said that it was necessary to disperse, a lot had already been done, families were waiting at home, brothers-farmers who were dependent on supplies were suffering. Another said that in no case should one disperse, otherwise everything would be lost, and people should understand and support. One made claims against the truckers, the other against the authorities. One spoke well about power, the other badly. But while someone was holding a megaphone in their hands, no one interrupted him. People themselves passed the megaphone to each other, listened to each other, respecting the right to speak, and understanding the need to come to an agreement, they gave the opportunity to object and respond to opponents, and this process was regulated by itself.
Thirdly, many people stood on the embankment, and those who wanted to speak out were extended their hand and helped to get up, gave the floor. The speakers were representatives of the people, not self-appointed leaders. The floor was given to Sergei Ainbinder, who came from Moscow from the Interregional Trade Union of Professional Drivers.
Fourthly, when a person from the rostrum suggested organizing a fundraising from each jamaat (community) of truckers, he turned to people, and with the words "do we really not trust one of us?" and invited those responsible to come forward from the audience, to take the initiative. And people were found.
Fifth, people are very serious, and this is the most important thing. Despite different points of view, they show solidarity, declare their support for those truckers who were subjected to administrative arrest, and in the confrontation of opinions and sentiments, the determination to stand to the end, not to bow to anyone, to intercede for each other, to continue to defend their requirements.
Is it not these traits, as if eroded from the genetic memory of the inhabitants of large cities, distinguish true democracy, drawing a clear line between the disunited crowd and the people - the bearer of sovereignty and political will? Was this not what forced the Russian Guard to remove the cordon of the protesters' camp, and the authorities to negotiate, try to find ways to deliver goods by water, and send columns of strikebreaker wagons, accompanied by armored vehicles and police corteges?
We who came from Moscow are ashamed. After all, we are not allowed to get together, not because they are harshly dispersed. We do not feel the strength and solidarity behind us, the ability to resist. That is why we can be dispersed and imprisoned. We will have to learn, become a people. Learn to speak with those who stand on the podium, ask those who speak on our behalf, and defend those who are nearby.
Trucks do not run only on federal highway"Caucasus". While our plane was descending over the coast of the Caspian Sea, we did not see a single one. Azerbaijani wagons manage to pass only in a convoy, accompanied by a convoy.
The truckers' strike really unfolded only in Dagestan. The guys stood no more than ten days, but rumors have already spread about the possible cancellation of Platon for the Dagestani carriers.
Dagestan stands for the whole of Russia today. And we really want the guys to get their way. To pull up people in other regions.
The return plane to Moscow entered the clouds.
The trials of those detained on March 26 and April 2 continue.
- It is not necessary to recoup on us. The first violation of this law, it violates the basic law Russian Federation, that is, the Constitution.
“Every driver is here. All the drivers are here.
— That is, trucks don’t drive, if you’re all here, trucks don’t drive?
- Trucks do not drive, everyone is standing.
- 95% of drivers in Dagestan are standing. This is just us.
- We feed Russia, we deliver any products to every corner of Russia - 40-50 degrees of frost, in the heat,
- Our requirements are the complete cancellation of the Plato system.
- Do you agree?
- Agree!
Surkhai Alimirzaev: We are engaged in transportation. Twenty years old.
Driving yourself?
Surkhai Alimirzaev: I used to drive myself. Now the drivers are driving, all the relatives.
How many cars?
Surkhai Alimirzaev: Three cars, 20.5 tons each. We carry, as spring begins, cabbage, carrots, citrus fruits from the Azerbaijani side. Tomatoes, potatoes, what will come across. In that direction, back, we mainly carry timber, lumber .
My driver's name is Surkhai. At the usual speed for Dagestan of 150 km / h, he conducts an excursion along the highways of the republic. Dozens of kilometers of the roadside are filled with heavy vehicles. At large intersections - here and throughout the Caucasus they are called "circles" - drivers gather. Hundreds of drivers.
Surkhai Alimirzaev: So many people want to leave without money. I don’t understand them somehow. How is it? Rallies are going on all over Russia, no one pays attention. Neither the press nor a single central channel shows all this: here you are, what's going on in Dagestan. You can shoot. Here everyone is on strike, here they are. Here is the police. Keeps you under control. This one is like him, I don’t know. How much will they hold, how much strength they have, how much courage they have?
Truckers are protesting against a new fare collection system with the philosophical name "Plato". There are 90% of trucks in Dagestan. Strikers in 17 regions of Russia are urged to go to Moscow. And the less talk about this protest on TV, the more determination these people have to go all the way.
- What is written?
Tagir: We are against Plato.
Another protester, Tagir, says that these are the most massive protests against the authorities in many years organized on the network.
- Is this a VKontakte community? It appeared not to fight "Plato", but earlier.
Tagir: No, this is a long time ago, it's just a community of truckers, people help each other in trouble, someone if they need help, for example, if some Moscow car is passing through Dagestan, for example, they call me and say that they need help , i do any help.
On November 15, everyone needed help at once. Tagir, like many with him, calculated that after the introduction of new charges - and this is 3 rubles per kilometer on the way - it would be more unprofitable for him to transport goods.
Tagir: I provide for my family, and if this tax is introduced, I will not be physically able to provide for my family. I drive 100 thousand km a year, how much will I have to pay?
- Almost half a million.
Tagir: I don't even make that much. I don’t have time to repair the car because I don’t have time to save money.
All customers with a fleet of 50 cars and more are registered by 90 percent. And the second segment, this is the remaining 200 thousand, is a medium and small business. Believe me, in order to travel 100 thousand km a year, you have to travel 360 km a day without holidays and weekends. If you show me such an individual entrepreneur with one KAMAZ, who does so much, then I'm wrong. This is not a mass phenomenon.
In the end, Tagir, as before, lives in the cab - only now he doesn't go anywhere. If "Platon" is not overturned, then maybe you can sit out?
From Moscow, what worries the whole of Dagestan seems to be completely imperceptible. Well, or you can briefly get off with this statement.
Evgeny Fedorov, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation: The United States is not asleep and now, through their "fifth column", through national traitors, they have struck a blow at the Russian Federation. Directly I am now talking about the actions of truckers who are trying, according to the idea of the United States, to be aimed at the elimination of Russian statehood.
But these words of the State Duma deputy only add fuel to the fire.
Zainalabid Bagavov: Someone from abroad, they say, we are, in order to shatter Russia, but we for Russia whoever you want to cut the throat, for Dagestan. It is necessary for people to feel feedback... So that I know that someone thinks about me. People can see that they are already at the limit, and this is more and more forced from the fact that no one is looking, pretending that nothing is happening.
Drivers are especially annoyed that the new taxes were not introduced by the state. Truckers quickly identified the final beneficiaries.
Gamzat Shaurkhanov, driver: If we have to pay - we will pay the state, but not to someone in particular in the pocket. We need money - we will do it, we will make it so that this black Obama turns white, but demanding from us like this, stealing, robbing us is not necessary. And this is a natural robbery.
Anton Zamkov, Commercial Director of RT Invest Transport systems»: We transfer them to the Federal Road Fund, directly to the budget of the Russian Federation, the distribution, in fact, is in charge of "Rosavtodor" as an executive authority. The Federal Road Fund is a special type of fund that can be spent exclusively on the construction and reconstruction of road facilities.
Gamzat introduces us to one of the ordinary protesters - his nephew. Gaziyav does not speak to the drivers, but modestly hides in the crowd. Here's his economics:
Gaziyav Gaziev: The KamAZ car is old, the year 1988, I have no strength to buy a fresh one, I can't do it in any way. I have to feed the children, not one, not two of them, I have a full house of them. If I go well, I’ll come, I’ll bring 30-35 thousand. Somewhere, it happens, and 10, and 15, sometimes you have to invest 20. It happens that you have to invest everything, earn nothing, and you also have to borrow money.
But the conditions in which he lives with his family, in a village, where, apart from a truck, there is nothing to earn.
Gaziyav Gaziev: There are absolutely no conditions, there is not even a water supply system, no sewerage system, no water - neither drinking, nor technical, none. So we survive, we get out. I would like it to be a little easier, but it turns out that now they are making our life a little more difficult. We had a winery, a factory - and then they ruined, and then they let it go down the drain. All are ruined, all for scrap. The owner appeared: debts - and that's it, you have to sell. This stove saves me. Here they are sleeping, two small ones lie down. There they lie down on the sofa, here they lie down on the sofa, and I myself - in the hallway, a little further, it's colder there. But you have to.
Driver Sergei is watching what is happening in the far south, in the far northern Petersburg through social networks.
Sergey, driver: I can’t help my friends, colleagues, because everything has gone right here, it’s ripe because I don’t go out to work, I don’t take orders, I don’t want this "Plato" to pay anything for it. To go without paying - it is not known what fines will come, that is, it is practically easier to take this car, drive it to Constitution Square to the office of "Platon" and leave them to pay for the roads, say: "Take it for yourself." It is clear that I do not go to work.
On Tuesday the 24th, he, along with other drivers, took part in the "Snail" action - when they were slowly moving in a column along the highway. As a result, the conversation went to another level - retailers said thathigher fares will disrupt supplies.
Sergey, driver: Here is a shop in our yard, well, as in all cities, these small private shops. We all live, everyone knows each other, so yesterday I literally went in, bought cigarettes from the girls, bought sugar, asked the girls: “How are you, girls, there is no rise in price?”. They say: "Here's how the old is still being sold, but the new, what is coming in now, little by little they make a mark-up, for something 10, for something 15%."
With the same question, larger retailers even participated in State Duma meetings. It seems that the truckers have been heard. But Sergei, for being carried away by politics, was overtaken by sanctions at home - his wife got angry and kicked him out of the apartment.
Sergey, driver: The wife screams, of course, the family needs to be fed: "Let's go and work, and don't go on strike against your" Plato ". And how to work in such conditions? Well, it turned out: we had a fight, and for these two days I have been living here, in my small apartment.
Closer to Derbent, that is, to the border with Azerbaijan, in the village of Kayakent, the strikers set up a tribune on a truck.
- Assalam alaykum, brothers. We have gathered here, no one invited us here, there are no organizers here, this is a peaceful protest against the Platon road toll system. There are no organizers, no political demands.
Loaded trucks stand around, which also do not go anywhere.
Ali: Here I have a car personally, let's go. I opened the seal, I will answer to the client, this is a purely entrepreneurial seal, they will understand why I am breaking the seal. I still have to go to Irkutsk, how long should I go? The product will deteriorate completely!
Magomed Sabir: A man bought this KamAZ with his last money, how will he pay 500 thousand a fine tomorrow, did anyone think about it when he passed these laws? Other than that, here are our suppliers.
I am the owner of the product. I bought a persimmon in Azerbaijan, paid 500 thousand VAT. If the product is lost - who will be responsible for it?
The introduction of the Platon road toll system most clearly affected the situation in Dagestan, first of all, probably because it is such a Silk Road, it is along this route that runs along the Caspian Sea that vegetables are brought all year round from the republics of the Caucasus, Azerbaijan and Iran. These wagons, which are now lined up along the road, awaiting measures that the government may take.
Magomed Sabir: The only business is services, half of our guys are engaged in servicing these machines, and half are carrying them. These cars are everywhere. Why do you think Dagestan has risen so unitedly? Because already there is hopelessness. We have about 4 thousand cars in our village. Look, here they are, here are the services, trucks, car washes, car services, cars - we have nothing else.
Gamzat Shaurkhanov, driver: Another job? There is another job. It is mainly for young people to go to the forest. But why are we keeping the youth? So that they work, they look after us, grow up, not to drive them into the forest. And this is what they did, Rothenberg and company, they are driving the youth into the forest.
Anton Zamkov, Commercial Director of RT Invest Transport Systems: I still hope, as it was announced, that the State Duma will accept changes to the plan, and that the already real fines will begin to operate. As far as the experience of colleagues from abroad shows, that real movements to the office or to the website of those who have not registered are possible only after the application of such sanctions.
Now truckers say: if there is no reaction, if the problem is not talked about on television, if they do not go to a meeting before November 30, they will go to Moscow. There, the TV channels will not be able to ignore them, and the traffic jams caused by the congestion of trucks will raise questions from the officials, even if they still knew nothing about the civil protest of the drivers.
- We are going to Moscow, calmly, quietly, on a march. We are calmly going to Moscow, but what can we do?
- Yes, and so we will lose a lot of money on "Platon", but what should we go to Moscow?
Magomed Sabir: I have friends, carriers in Pskov, they are also waiting on the 30th, together in solidarity, and the Orenburg guys too, and the dispatcher is notified that such information is available. Now everyone is waiting for the 30th, you know.
- What will happen?
Magomed Sabir: On the 30th, all these cars - loaded, empty - we'll all go to Moscow.
The controversial "Plato"
Truck drivers are protesting and blocking the Moscow Ring Road, business is warning of an increase in prices for socially important goods, and economists are warning of rising inflation. Charging system with heavy vehicles caused a wide resonance in Russia. DW in the language of numbers talks about the "Plato" system and the effect of its appearance.
Growth of tariffs for transportation up to 100%
Food producers and associations retail complained that due to the introduction of the Platon system, tariffs for transportation increased by 20-30%, and in some regions - by 100%. 20 business associations, including the National Meat Association, Rusprodsoyuz, Rybny Soyuz and Soyuzmoloko, warned of the likelihood of price increases ahead of the New Year, especially for socially significant goods.
Plato's Calculation: Truck Collection System in Figures
Inflation growth by 2.7 percentage points
According to the calculations of Boris Titov, Commissioner for the Rights of Entrepreneurs under the President of the Russian Federation, the introduction of a tax from heavy vehicles will add 2.7 percentage points to the current inflation rate. Sberbank CEO German Gref cited estimates that Platon's contribution to inflation in 2016 will amount to 1.5 percentage points. Gref added that the introduction of this system will have a serious impact on the range of goods and prices.
Plato's Calculation: Truck Collection System in Figures
Almost 30 billion rubles
The expected annual income from collection of fees through the Platon system is 40 billion rubles. However, the state will pay 10.6 billion a year to the operator of the project, RTITS. Moreover, almost half of this amount (46%) is subject to annual indexation, that is, it will increase in accordance with the inflation rate. The remaining money will go to the Federal Road Fund.
Plato's Calculation: Truck Collection System in Figures
13 years old
RTITS, 50% of which belongs to the son of billionaire Arkady Rotenberg Igor, will use Platon's infrastructure for 13 years. After that, it must go to the state.
Plato's Calculation: Truck Collection System in Figures
12 tons
The Platon system started working on November 15th. It applies to trucks with a permitted maximum weight over 12 tons. There are about 2 million of these machines registered in Russia.
Plato's Calculation: Truck Collection System in Figures
RUB 3.06 per kilometer
At first, the tariff set by the government was 3.73 rubles per kilometer. After the protests of business and truckers, it was reduced to 1.53 rubles / km. However, this discount will only be valid until the end of February 2016. And from March next year until the end of 2018, truckers will be required to pay the state 3.06 rubles per kilometer along federal highways.
Not so long ago, protesters in Dagestan, heavy truck drivers explained why they were so harsh against the Platon system. According to truckers, on average in one year they cover about 100 thousand kilometers, which, based on the tariff for the Platon system, 3.75 rubles per kilometer, gives 373 thousand rubles a year. With high taxes on transport and fuel, such an amount is an unbearable tribute, the drivers assure.
General manager Research agency InfraNews Aleksey Bezborodov doubts the protesters' calculations. According to his research, things are exactly the opposite.
“First, about high taxes on transport. I studied the budget of Dagestan for 2016 with its execution (on the website of the Treasury of the Russian Federation), took the registration of vehicles (TS) on the website of the traffic police of Dagestan. And here is what I got as a first approximation. In terms of budget execution graphs - even less was planned - Dagestani private individuals paid transport tax along with buses, trucks, pickup trucks and others - an average of 307 rubles per vehicle. Legal entities Dagestan, including government agencies, paid 2,035 rubles for one vehicle unit. Lower than in Dagestan, the tax is only in Ivanovo. Taxes on trucks are lower than on cars! " - quotes Bezborodov RIA "Derbent".
Now about the excise tax on fuel, the expert continues. - He's inside the diesel fuel. On a solarium with a consumption of 28 liters per 100 km, he will spend 896 rubles if he buys at 32 rubles. That is 900 thousand rubles a year. At the same time, I repeat once again, the excise tax is an indirect tax. Everyone knows the cost of fuel - everything is passed on to the client, this is a constant consumption. Likewise, everything else is the most important in these calculations.
“Let's move on to the figures regarding the calculations, which are voiced by truckers - supporters of the abolition of the Platon system. They say that, on average, one vehicle travels 100 thousand kilometers per year. As a result, it comes out about 373 thousand rubles a year. If it works 250 days a year and drives 400 kilometers, then yes - 100 thousand kilometers. However, Platon takes ton-kilometers, so it's not clear where 375 thousand rubles came from, ”concluded Aleksey Bezborodov.
In addition, he noted that the talk of heavy truck drivers about superhigh taxes looks very suspicious. For some reason, the protesters are silent about personal income tax, income tax and pension charges.
“A Dagestan trucker makes an average of about 40 thousand rubles for a flight. Hence, the revenue from 125 flights per year is 5 million rubles. For the difference between taxes - minus food - you can buy a new KamAZ tractor without credit. Not only that, any car owner pays the same excise tax, even though his car weighs less than two tons. And the excise tax goes to road construction. They also pay excise tax on diesel fuel, and they buy half of the diesel fuel yourself, you know where. This also includes a rather big transport tax... And so on - all this is a conversation in favor of "noodles". Note - they are not talking about personal income tax, or about income tax, or about pension contributions. I have long been surprised that all the experts talk about taxes. Let it be half fiction. But about income and about taxes on income - nothing. But as always. For two years soon - no one looks at the root. Dagestan truckers and so they did not pay anything and do not pay. “Platon” has not yet achieved the main thing - accounting and statistics, ”Bezborodov believes.
Earlier, in the Dagestani village of Manas, a mass rally of heavy truck drivers took place, directed against the Platon system. The protest quickly turned into decisive action. , whose owners refused to participate in the all-Russian strike.
The activists of the community of truckers "12 tons", in turn, turned to the Prosecutor General's Office and the TFR: according to their data, the organizers of the all-Russian strike of truckers threatened to force the drivers of heavy trucks to join the action.
Over the past few days, a number of complaints from drivers have come to the page of our movement "12 tons" on the Internet that they are being urged to take part in the protest action on March 27 of this year, and if they refuse, they are threatened to break the windows, and so on. Here is an example: “If you do not support the strike, a stone may accidentally fly in,” is indicated in the appeal sent to Chaika and Bastrykin.
At the same time, as the meeting of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev with representatives of small and medium-sized businesses in the field of road transportation showed, the government is ready to consider constructive proposals from truckers. For example, the head of government did not rule out the introduction of discounts in the "Platon" system for those drivers of heavy trucks who regularly travel long distances, indexation of tariffs and extension of the grace period.
Truckers from Dagestan are detained in Saratov region"For overload". For several days, employees of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Transport have been conducting raids. At the same time, drivers are not allowed to eliminate violations on the spot, as is usually the case, but loaded cars are driven to a special parking lot. Truckers have to wait until they are allowed to clear the overload and return the vehicle. In the meantime, the goods they are transporting are deteriorating. The drivers are suffering serious losses. The KAVPOLIT correspondent contacted the truckers.
"There is no such overload"
The truck drivers say the detentions have been going on for several days. They stop in the Saratov region, not far from the town of Balakovo. Not only Dagestani truckers are being detained, but also drivers from other regions.
Overload is detected in almost everyone. However, truckers are confident that the scales used by the inspectors of the supervisory service greatly overestimate the indicators.
“I was stopped by the transport control officers. At first they said that they would only issue a fine for the absence of a tachograph. And then they brought in the faulty scales. By these scales, it turned out that my car weighs more than a carriage. But such an overload simply cannot be, - says the truck driver Magomed ( all names in the report have been changed at the request of the respondents - approx. ed.).
- They even detain drivers who have no overload - they are sure of this, as they checked. But the scales still show that the rules have been broken.
Now about 10-15 cars have been detained here. I lose money every hour in the impound. I paid 30 thousand rubles for a tow truck http: //www.chelny-evakuator.rf/articles/10-chelny-uslugi-evakuatora.html and the car has been standing in the parking lot for a day. This is another 16 thousand rubles. "
Parking fine
As carriers say, most drivers admit that they have overload and are ready to pay a fine. But the actions of Rostransnadzor employees seem to them illegal.
According to article 27.13 of the RF Code "On Administrative offenses", In case of violations of operation vehicle his detention is applied - by moving with the help of a tow truck to a specialized parking lot.
However, paragraph 1.1 of the same article states that the detention of a vehicle is terminated at the place of detention if the reason has been eliminated before the car is sent to a specialized parking lot.
But, as the drivers assure, they are not allowed to eliminate the overload on the spot and are immediately brought in a paid tow truck.
“I have had an overload situation many times. And I always removed the overload on the spot, paid the fine and drove on. But this time the employees of the transport control service do not allow our drivers to eliminate the violation on the spot, - continues Magomed.
- When we declare our rights, we are told that we have no rights, we only have an impound parking lot. This was not the case in Saratov before. We hear rumors that it was the governor of the Saratov region who gave the order to open these impound parking lots.
We are told that overloaded cars spoil road surface... But I have been driving along these roads for many years, here they have always been broken. "
"Nobody will answer for this"
Truckers also do not understand why a tow truck is needed if they do not resist and are ready to drive on their own wherever they are directed. However, they are imposed paid service... Attempts to achieve justice with the help of law enforcement agencies have been unsuccessful.
“Our machines are serviceable. And we do not refuse to drive to the impoundment parking lot on our own. But all the same, the car is driven away with the help of a tow truck, - complains the driver of the truck Anwar.
- Only here it is risky to transport a loaded car. If he jumps off the tow truck or something else happens, an accident will happen. I wanted to get into the KamAZ cab so that if something happened I could stop it, but I was not allowed to do that either.
Cars are kept in the parking lot for several days. They explain this by the fact that permission has not yet come from Saratov to let us into the parking lot to eliminate the overload.
During this time, a large amount accumulates. Someone got 80 thousand rubles, and someone 170. We tried to appeal to the prosecutor's office of Saratov, but our complaint was not accepted ”.
In addition to money, truckers risk losing the perishable goods they are transporting.
“Fruits and vegetables spoil in hot weather, especially in a closed machine. But nobody cares, - the owner is annoyed. truck Said.
- I asked the transport control staff who will be responsible for the goods that I am carrying if it deteriorates while it is in the parking lot. I was told that no one would answer for this. And I can complain wherever I want, but it won't do any good.
And when they stopped us, the employees of Rostransnadzor did not introduce themselves to us and did not show any documents. "
People are perplexed why exactly in the Saratov region they have such a situation. And they believe that they are trying to illegally make money on them, taking advantage of the fact that most of the citizens do not know the laws, and will not defend their rights.
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