The number of illegal bus carriers in Russia has exceeded 30%

The number of illegal bus carriers in Russia has exceeded 30%, the All-Russian Association of Passengers (OOP) told Izvestia. Most of them operate on routes between large cities and small towns.

To remove illegal immigrants from the market, the Ministry of Transport plans to adjust the digital assessment system for bus carriers, follows from the draft order of the department, which was reviewed by Izvestia.

In addition, risk indicators indicating violations by carriers will be finalized. The existing criteria have an effectiveness below 75%, which is insufficient for control, according to the explanatory note to the document.

The new scheme for searching for illegal immigrants will be based on a digital register of licenses and a register of regular transportation routes, the explanatory note says.

"Now they want to bring together the register of licenses, which contains the numbers of the carrier's buses, permits for the regular route, data on the contracts of the OSGOP (compulsory insurance of civil liability of the carrier. — Ed.), information about bus stations, GLONASS tracks on the movement of transport, as well as information about passengers and crews, which along a number of routes should be reflected in the state transport security system," Sergey Khrapach, chairman of the Board of the Mezhregionautotrans association, told Izvestia.

Putting all the information together, Rostransnadzor specialists will be able to identify illegal immigrants or violators of licensing requirements with 100% accuracy and punish them, the expert notes.

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