Fines for hares will increase 50 times

The government expects to significantly increase fines for fare evasion in the commuter trains and long-distance transportation. So, for example, trains can enter penalty in the amount of 50 times the size of the tariff for transportation over a distance of 10 km.

According to recent bill, the Cabinet of Ministers intends to impose punitive penalties commuter trains news 50 times higher fare for 1 adult person and at a distance of 10 km, and in the long-distance trains to use a fine of five times the cost of the fare at a distance of 100 km.

Also, the transportation companies will be entitled to check the tickets, also charge additional fees for ticket sales stowaways found on site. The exception will only cases, if the ticket has not been purchased at fair reasons.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that these innovations will help to solve the problems of the Railways and commuter. "The bill should help to fight the stowaways. Current fines for those who had not paid for the ticket, in the amount of 100 rubles in suburban and 200 per far the news is absolutely not afraid of those who travel without a ticket. Hence the global nature of the offences and, consequently, a very severe loss carriers," he said.

The law proposes to use administrative responsibility for fare evasion and civil liability when the stowaway must already under the Civil code to indemnify the carrier for a penalty for failure, in fact, the contract of carriage in a fixed size.

sections: Economics, Accidents