Trucking companies ask authorities to remove illegal jammers from roads

The Gruzavtotrans Association of road carriers asked Roskomnadzor to check the legality of installing radio interference generators near roads. Carriers complain that they are being fined for allegedly disabling navigation equipment, but in fact the loss of satellite signals is due to the improper installation of such devices.

They are often installed in violation of the law by owners of various kinds of civilian facilities — gas stations (gas stations), oil depots, logistics points, etc., which causes communication and navigation to disappear on the highways, according to a letter from the carriers, which was reviewed by Izvestia.

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They considered Russian cars unprofitable for work in passenger transportation.

Today, anyone can buy a jammer, and a unified regulatory framework for their use has not yet been created, experts say.

"If the satellite signal is lost, the toll collection system on federal roads decides that the driver has turned off the monitoring devices himself and automatically issues a report on the fine," Vladimir Matyagin, president of Gruzavtotrans, told Izvestia.

The loss of communication is no less critical for residents of cities, towns and villages near sources of interference — mobile communications are lost there, it is difficult to call an ambulance or firefighters, the director of RuDrones told Izvestia.Unmanned technologies" Dmitry Datsykov.

The Gruzavtotrans Association asked Roskomnadzor to fix the sections on the routes where the carriers lose navigation signals, conduct a survey of these areas and establish the causes of failures in the operation of information systems on transport.

Earlier, the association of carriers had already appealed to the Ministry of Transport and the government with a request to stop the flow of unjustified fines and impose a moratorium on their accrual. For its part, Rosavtodor submitted complaints to the regulatory authorities about the suppression of communications, according to the response of the Ministry of Transport to carriers.

Roskomnadzor has received the association's appeal and will consider it in due course, the service told Izvestia. Cases of unauthorized installation of such devices have already been recorded, they noted.

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