Mikhalkov and the traffic police want to ban videomagnitoly

He writes lastik-lastikov, from ru_auto:

According to the press service of the traffic police, the Department of Traffic Safety Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs received the opinion of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia about the inadmissibility of the installation and operation Unit on TV. In accordance with the explanation of the RF IC, radio and portable televisions divid players distract drivers and blind them, a factor contributing to the accident.

Based on this, driving with an installed multimedia system with DVD or TV tuner must be qualified traffic police officers as an administrative offense under part 4 of article 12.5 of the Administrative Code (Driving, which without permission set means for feeding special light or sound signals (except for the security alarm) - entails disqualification from driving vehicles for a period of one year to one and a half years with confiscation of these devices.

Chairman of the Union of Cinematographers Nikita Mikhalkov commented on the news: "Indeed, the media recorder is a device which delivers the light (image) and audio signals.»

The degree of signaling radio with TV screen will be assessed visually traffic police officers of the Russian Federation, according to a pamphlet sent out. & Quot;





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