In November last year, “public highways of federal significance” became paid for trucks weighing over 12 tons: the fee for one kilometer of track was set at 1.53 rubles, although it was previously planned that a kilometer would cost 3.73 rubles.
Another concession was to be the partial abolition of the Platon system, through which it was necessary to pay for travel. The Ministry of Transport initially decided that truckers outside the Moscow region would not be fined for unpaid travel until May 1, 2016. But the government decree was not issued, and the news announcing the postponement disappeared from the ministry's website.
The first protests against the introduction of the system began on November 11, when at least 200 trucks blocked federal highways. In November and December, such actions were held almost daily, and stationary protest camps even appeared in several cities. Over time, the protest activity calmed down: the carriers had to accept paid “federal” as a given.
As of October 15, Platon's operator has publicly shared the following statistics. Over the 13 months of its existence, the system, which now includes 786.7 thousand trucks, has made it possible to collect 18.1 billion rubles. Impressive? To be honest, not really.
Firstly, "Platon" assures that "663 thousand cars of residents and 124 thousand non-residents - this is 79% of the target audience." But: 1.9 million trucks with a total weight of over 12 tons are registered in Russia. This means that only a third of Russian carriers actually pay for the fare!
Second, let's do the math. Dividing the total amount by the number of cars, we get that each truck brought only 23 thousand rubles. Or, taking into account the cost of a kilometer (1.53 rubles), I drove 15 thousand km. For the year - 15 thousand! Less other cars.
Of course, in both cases modest statistics can be tried to justify. For example, some heavy trucks do not drive on public roads at all. The other part rarely or does not go to the federal highways at all (which, to put it mildly, is problematic), the third one is simply registered with the traffic police, but is completely immobile or has fallen into a temporary joke due to the crisis.
But, in fact, one conclusion suggests itself: truckers have found a way to bypass the system. And indeed it is. True, with one important clarification: large fleets regularly pay for each kilometer of each road train run (their money is 63% of all Platon fees), but private traders ...
Some statistics. From the beginning of 2015 to the middle of 2016, 320 thousand legal entities re-registered cars for private owners. Plus, the private traders themselves suddenly massively began to register equipment for other people. What for? We tell you: this is the so-called “homeless passport” scheme.
In a certain village of Kukuyevo, a certain Vasily Ivanovich Petrov lives, who has neither personal property nor a driver's license, and therefore is not afraid of anything. Trucks are registered on it: let fines be sent, courts go through, bailiffs come ... Vasily Ivanovich regularly pays purely symbolic 1,000 rubles every month so that the truck is not arrested. And that's it.
Many of the private traders we interviewed admitted that we received the devices, but we do not pay for the entire mileage from point A to point B. And here's how. The long-range brotherhood knows perfectly well where the stationary frames and mobile patrols of the Platon are located - specialized forums are full of this information. Plus, no one canceled communication on the radio. Next is a matter of technology.
In front of the camera, the driver turns on the on-board device, and after passing it, turns it off. The easiest way is to simply cover the device with any metal object (“pan”) so that it stops catching a signal. But some are finalizing the filling of the electronic counter. And how the car drove from frame to frame, you can’t check.
Do the Platonists know that drivers fool them? Of course. But they can’t do anything: you can’t put cameras every 10 kilometers. The option to launch patrols that would not stand still, but constantly drive, is also not ideal, because the total length of federal highways is 51,000 kilometers. "Bomzhuyskie passports" are generally invincible.
Now let's reiterate the thesis mentioned earlier: companies pay, but private traders do not. And, without drawing direct parallels, we recall that the State Duma, at the initiative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is preparing a bill that will completely prohibit individuals from registering trucks with a gross weight of more than five tons, if a person does not have a patent for cargo transportation.
The bill is under preparation, but it is supported by many. Over the past year, a huge number of units of such equipment have been re-registered [...]: thus, the business avoids paying taxes. After all, individuals pay much lower fines. And then, an individual does not have the opportunity to conduct a high-quality technical inspection of equipment, which affects safety
Sergei Ten
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Transport
At the moment, the only obstacle to the bill is the absence of the concept of "patent" in the current legislation. However, as soon as the government eliminates this moment, the Duma Committee on Transport will submit the document to the deputies for consideration.
In addition, the state, through the efforts of Russian Railways, is trying to make rail transportation more profitable and predictable than the delivery of goods over long distances by trucks. The logic is this: trucks should only stay on a short (up to 400 km) shoulder.
A lot has been done for this. The number of freight trains following the schedule, with the exact time of departure and arrival, has increased many times over. Regular container routes have been launched, some of which are accelerated. Tariff corridors, universal transport services have been created...
At present, FGK JSC and Russian Railways JSC are working on a set of issues for organizing piggyback transportation, including improving the regulatory framework, maintaining rolling stock, terminal storage facilities and infrastructure facilities, developing a system for interacting with road transport
On December 5, at noon, Smolensk truckers at a rally sanctioned by the authorities near the Sovremennik cinema will collect signatures for the abolition of the Platon system - "fees for tons."
They believe that "the introduction of truck tolls on federal highways is not just a problem for truckers." “Are you sure that the roads will get better after everyone obediently contributes money to a company that is half private? - truck drivers ask and immediately answer: - But this is exactly what happens when you have to pay for every kilometer traveled into the pocket of the oligarch's son. Do you think it won't affect you? Do you think that the cost of products in stores is so low that their increase due to the increase in the cost of transportation will be imperceptible? But the growth of already high prices can be up to 20 percent.”
Recall that "Platon" is a system that tracks the path of a trucker and charges him a fee at a fixed rate. The fare on federal roads is 1.53 rubles per 1 km, from March 1, 2016 - 3.06 rubles. However, drivers are most likely worried not by the collection itself, but by the system of fines. The work of "Plato" is regulated by Art. 12.21 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, and for violation of its requirements, the driver will face a financial loss of 5 thousand rubles, an official and an individual entrepreneur - 40 thousand rubles, a legal entity - 450 thousand.
Protest rallies have already taken place in Krasnoyarsk, Togliatti, Yaroslavl, Orel, Bryansk, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, St. Petersburg, Moscow…
“They just “resolved” the situation with tachographs, which, by the way, cost 50 thousand rubles per truck, and then a new misfortune - “Platon”. But if we were prepared in advance, including the traffic police, for the fact that we need to purchase a control device to register the speed of the car, the mode of work and rest of the driver, then the next requisitions, thanks to the November innovation called "Plato", have become like snow for many on the head, - the Roslavl trucker complains. - Yes, and where to get the money for all this? If three years ago a truck driver was paid 95-100 thousand rubles for the transportation of goods along the route Smolensk - Yekaterinburg, today it’s good if you find an order for 70 thousand. Meanwhile, diesel fuel has risen in price from 27 to 35 rubles per liter. The replacement of one broken wheel is estimated today at 20 thousand, oil - at 25 thousand ... Everything has risen in price, and the prices for spare parts are generally cosmic. Drivers are also dissatisfied with a lot of technical overlays. I tried to register in the Platon system, but, alas, everything hangs there ... And it’s not clear whether your advance payment went through or not, whether you should wait for a possible fine or this time it will blow. Therefore, many truckers are not working now - they are in a state of “forced strike”. Since going to federal highways can become more expensive for yourself. Carriers lined up to receive special transmitters that track the movement of trucks, but so far only the lucky ones have managed to get them. I only know two. So far, there are problems with everything - with route maps, and with payment for a route determined by Plato and often quite strange ... If this system had first been tested in test mode for a couple of years, and then introduced, then there would be much less dissatisfied.
“I propose to calculate a little, - continues the theme of Sergei, another Smolensk trucker with five years of experience. - Suppose there are 1 million trucks in Russia, and, by the way, there are much more of them, and each of them winds up on average about 100 thousand km on the roads of our vast country per year. We multiply a million by 100 thousand and by the current tariff of 1.53 rubles. per km - it turns out a tidy sum of 153 billion rubles. 40 of them will go, as officially stated, to repair old roads and build new ones, another 10 billion - to maintain the Platon system, and where will the rest go? Whose pockets? And when from March 2016 we will be forced to pay twice as much for every kilometer, then we will talk about a more solid amount - more than 300 billion rubles. And they want to leave our driver brother, excuse me, without trousers at all ... If you calculate how much a truck driver now receives for his hard work, then many will not get 30 thousand “clean” ones, minus repairs, spare parts and liquid. According to our calculations, about 3 thousand people in the Smolensk region are engaged in long-distance cargo transportation, and I think that all of them will support our resolution for the abolition of Platon.
Igor Sergeevich, who has been going to “long-distance” for the third five-year period, sums up: “If it goes on like this, then soon they will install air meters for us - for every breath and exhale, but we, excuse me, are not vegetables to pay some seigneur Pomodoro, we will fight to the bitter end! Today we are already forced to deliver goods at ridiculous prices, just to pay off the "diesel"!
In a word, Russian truckers are determined. True, opinions are divided here. Some, like the Smolensk people, intend to fight only for the abolition of the Platon system. Others, the most radical, insist, among other things, on the punishment of its initiators - up to the imposition of billions of dollars in fines on the oligarchs, and also on the initiation of a criminal case against each of them on suspicion of participating in corruption schemes. Still others vote for the abolition of weight control for heavy trucks, transport tax, rising prices for gasoline, diesel fuel and spare parts. And if these demands are not met, they promise to block not only federal highways, but also Moscow, leaving the metropolis without food. But, as they say, we'll wait and see. The Ministry of Transport has already stated that the abolition of the Platon system is currently impossible.
Information about road infrastructure projects funded by the Platon heavy truck toll system will be available in a special section of the system's website. This was announced on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel by the head of the Ministry of Transport Maxim Sokolov following a meeting with carriers in St. Petersburg.
“To ensure transparency of subsequent expenses - we just talked about this, among other things. A special section will be created on the website, where there will be information about what funds collected through the Platon system are directed to which specific projects,” he said.
As the minister notes, the abolition of the system is currently impossible. “The Government of the Russian Federation and State Duma deputies have already taken the necessary compromise steps: we have reduced the relevant taxes,” Sokolov said.
At the same time, the head of the Ministry of Transport, during a meeting with carriers in St. Petersburg, invited them to take part in the selection of road infrastructure projects for which the money collected by the Platon system would be directed.
The Platon system was launched on November 15 to collect fees to compensate for damage caused to roads by vehicles with a maximum permitted weight of over 12 tons. Following the results of two weeks of work of the state system, 550 million rubles were collected for the Federal Road Fund. It is planned that in 2016 the collection of payments will bring 40 billion rubles to the Federal Road Fund. This money will be spent on the repair of federal highways. To date, more than 600,000 vehicles have been registered in the toll collection system, which is 60% of the total fleet. Large companies with a fleet of 50 or more vehicles are 90% registered.
According to the Ministry of Economic Development, the introduction of "Platonic dues for drivers" will heat up inflation in the country by at least 4 percent, and everything that is produced or consumed in Russia will rise in price, according to various estimates, by 10-30 percent.
Many will remember the days of November 2015, when on the roads you could see lines of truckers holding snail protests against the introduction of federal road tolls for heavy vehicles with a permitted weight of more than 12 tons. The essence was, as always, simple, when the lower classes cannot, and the upper classes do not want, but the revolution did not happen ... The fee for heavy trucks was introduced on November 15, 2015. This means that the life of truckers has become somewhat more complicated. They have new rights and obligations, and new fines for failure to fulfill their obligations. It is about payment according to the Plato system and about fines if this is not done, we will talk in our article.
Back in August 2014, the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation N 1662-r was signed by Prime Minister Medvedev D.A. At the same time, it should be noted that participants in RT-Invest LLC and businessman Igor Rotenberg were already mentioned in this order. The latter is mentioned on the RT-Invest website.
That is, an unheard-of generosity lobbying of interests took place, when executors for an important and monetary project were appointed out of competition and tender. It is also interesting that, in fact, contributions to the federal budget for road repairs are collected by “private traders” who are related to the state in so far as. Well, the Prime Minister clearly knows better how to be than mere mortals.
Since the operator already exists, it is necessary to conclude legal relations with him. You can do this in three ways:
Register on the website of the Platon system;
- draw up contractual relations at the nearest office of the system;
- use a self-service terminal (only for payment, it is impossible to get a card or device)
At the same time, based on where you go and what you prefer, you can be given either an on-board device, reusable. Or a route card - disposable.
In this case, the issuance of a device or card will be carried out upon verification of all the data provided, and this for an individual:
E-mail address.
Cell phone number.
TIN.
Bank details.
Scanned vehicle registration certificate.
For legal entities, everything is much more complicated. As a result, the device or card will be issued at the office immediately, and when registering through the site in about 5 days. Upon arrival, everyone is in the same office. That is why it is preferable to go to the office.
Here it should be noted that it is better to take a reusable device, it will become universal, unlike a card. The device does not require you to enter a route, unlike a map. In this case, payment will be charged based on determining the location (traffic route) of vehicles using GLONASS or GLONASS/GPS satellite navigation technologies.
The only thing left to say is that payment can be made through a bank or through a bank card. In the future, it will be possible to pay via terminals in cash.
Now about the technical part, that is, about the devices that provide the definition of the vehicle, as well as those that transmit data and calculate during the trip. (accounting and debiting payments).
The device of the "Platon" system must be connected to the vehicle's on-board network during the entire trip. It should be as close to the windshield as possible in order to be able to communicate with it. In this case, it is not recommended to install the latter near glass heating. This requirement is associated with a reduction in interference during signal transmission.
The main indicator of the device's operation is a green LED. It is he who signals that everything is in order. If it is not lit, then this is a cause for concern, since in this case the driver of a heavy truck may be fined, which we will discuss later.
It was originally planned that the amount would be 3.5 rubles per kilometer. However, after truckers protested, the government lowered the rates somewhat. So the tariff for heavy trucks when driving on public federal highways until February 29, 2016 will be 1.53 rubles. per kilometer of the distance traveled, and from March 1, 2016 to December 31, 2018 - 3.06 rubles. However, until 2018 they did not endure.
Moscow, 2016, November 2. The Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation has prepared a draft resolution, according to which the tariff of the Platon system will be raised to 3.73 rubles per 1 km.
Under the new law, it was necessary to supplement the Code of Administrative Offenses with a new article or paragraph, which was done. So, from November 15, 2015, article 12.21.3 “Failure to comply with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation on payment of compensation for damage caused to public roads of federal significance by vehicles with a maximum permissible mass of more than 12 tons” appeared.
Now it remains to study the article and resolution No. 504 dated 06/14/2013 "On the collection of fees in compensation for damage caused to public roads of federal significance by vehicles with a permitted maximum mass of more than 12 tons" for what is a violation, and what the penalty in this case will be taken from the driver.
Let's start with the resolution, or rather even the rules attached to it "Rules for charging fees to compensate for damage caused to public roads ...". They have paragraph 12, which we will quote:
| Movement without paying a fee is considered: movement of the vehicle with the on-board unit turned off or defective without the owner of the vehicle paying money to the operator and informing the operator in accordance with paragraph 9 of these Rules; |
There is no need to comment on anything here. As they say, it is written in Russian in white, and there is nothing to add. So everything is clear. Now about the penalty for such deviations from the rules.
Again we return to our newly introduced article of the Code of Administrative Offenses 12.21.3 of the Russian Federation and look at its paragraphs:
It should be noted here that the legislators did not stop there and went further, namely, by writing paragraph 2 in this article, which provides for more severe punishment in case of a repeated violation. So let's take a look at part 2:
It remains to be added that a repeated violation is considered within a year from the date the decision comes into force, in accordance with the Code of Administrative Offenses 4.6 of the Russian Federation.
On December 15, 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a document providing for amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses, according to which a legal entity (owner of a truck) must pay a fine of 5,000 rubles for non-payment of travel through the Platon system, and 10,000 rubles for a repeated violation. This is significantly less than the amounts originally set - previously, a legal entity was supposed to be fined 450,000 rubles for the first violation and 1,000,000 rubles for the second.
Also, according to the amendments, heavy trucks that have entered from abroad will be exempted from paying a fine if the car has traveled no more than 50 kilometers from the border, and the driver managed to pay the toll using the Platon system after fixing the violation, but before the case is considered.
Also on December 20, 2015, the President submitted a proposal to abolish the transport tax for trucks over 12 tons. The change was considered by the government in 2016 but never adopted.
Since the beginning of 2016, innovations have appeared in the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation in Article 32.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, which allow for the possibility of paying a 50 percent discount for some articles related to traffic violations. These articles of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation include fines under the Platon system.
That is, if the driver was issued a fine, no matter which person, whether it be an individual or a legal entity, a fine for violating the toll requirements for heavy trucks can be paid at a 50 percent discount. The main thing here is to meet the deadlines. Pay no later than 20 days from the date of the decision and no earlier than the fine enters the traffic police database.
Question: Will they take a fine if the money was paid, but the Platon device was turned off during the trip?
Answer: Yes, they will. Initially, the fine will be from 5000 rubles. Again from 50,000 rubles.
Question: Will a driver who does not use his own device, but drives his own car, be fined if the device’s account did not allow paying for the trip?
Answer: Yes, they will. The fine will be issued primarily to the owner of the vehicle.
Vladimir Putin made it clear that the Platon system of collecting fees from truckers would not be abolished, despite the numerous and massive protests of drivers across the country. As a consolation, the president promised them in early 2016 to abolish the vehicle tax on heavy trucks. Truckers are not satisfied with this, and they intend to continue the protests.
President Vladimir Putin, during his annual press conference, for the first time personally commented on the tense situation with truckers who are dissatisfied with the new tolls on federal highways from 12-ton trucks under the Platon system. Since November, thousands of truckers across Russia have banded together to oppose the toll, which they argue will make small trucking businesses completely unprofitable and deprive thousands of families of their livelihoods.
The leaders of trade unions immediately drew attention to the fact that the payment of 1.53 rubles. per kilometer (3.06 rubles from March 2016) will become, in fact, the third tax in addition to the current excise taxes included in the cost of gasoline and the transport tax, which are significantly higher than those paid by car owners. In addition, according to trade unions, a significant increase in the cost of haulers' services will inevitably lead to an additional increase in prices in stores. As a result, a wave of mass unauthorized rallies and protests swept through the largest Russian cities, and part of the drivers rushed to Moscow.
"Plato" will not be canceled
In his answer to a question about the fate of Platon and the truckers, Putin made it clear that there would be no abolition of the system, which is demanded by some of the auto carriers.
In addition, he explained the choice of contractors by the fact that they were able to bring significant investments to launch the collection system. Let us clarify that the participants in the concession agreement for the creation of Platon, together with Rosavtodor, are RT-Invest LLC and 42-year-old businessman Igor Rotenberg, who is the son of a well-known billionaire and longtime acquaintance of President Arkady Rotenberg. The personality of Igor Rotenberg causes particular dissatisfaction among the protesting drivers, many of whom are sure that the fees from the drivers will go to him personally.
All fees from the Platon system go 100% to the road fund of the Russian Federation, down to the last penny. And from there, all fees to the last penny go to road construction in the regions of the Russian Federation.
Second. Where do they get the funds from the joint venture between Rostekhnologii and a firm of private individuals. They receive this money from the budget directly. In my opinion, there is somewhere around 10 billion rubles. (financing of RT-Invest LLC for 2016 is planned in the amount of 10.6 billion rubles - Gazeta.Ru) . To repair this system, to maintain its working condition, to develop. This means that everything can be checked, including by the public and by the Accounts Chamber. If someone thinks that these prices are too high, let them count and present. And it will be right. Income from "Platon" in the company in which there are private investors and "Russian Technologies", they do not go there."
Putin explained the introduction of the "Platon" system by the presence of "gray" schemes of work among truckers.
“In the automotive industry, taxes are paid - in part they only pay for infrastructure, through excise duty on gasoline, but only in part,” the president said. “And in other industries, full payment for infrastructure. Part of the cargo began to migrate to roads. they pay the same tax. Experts believe that during acceleration and deceleration, the impact on the truck bed of 12 tons has a destructive effect, more than cars. And they pay the same. We have canceled the licensing of this type of activity. the number of people who simply buy heavy trucks and use it.This is an absolutely "gray" scheme of the economy.
Cancel the transport tax and work with patents
Following a serious reduction in fines for non-payment of fares, Putin announced another serious concession for truckers, which will be the abolition of the transport tax. Putin demanded that this be done no later than the first quarter of 2016.
“In many countries of the world, in Belarus, they pay seven times more for the mileage of heavy vehicles than what is offered in Russia,” Putin said. not canceled, by the way, at the insistence of regional leaders, because the transport tax goes to regional budgets, but for heavy trucks that have to pay for mileage, this must be done.
And I very much hope that the government will do this in the very near future, at the beginning of the year. I hope that all these decisions that I have mentioned, including on the tax on vehicles, will be adopted by the government in the near future, no later than in the first quarter."
The head of state also expressed hope that the government would think over changes in the patent system for drivers of heavy trucks.
"How to do so as not to overload them with fees, fees and taxes? There is a simple way - to give them the opportunity to acquire a patent, inexpensive. But there is a problem. Patents are issued for a year, but there are seasonal transportation. Well, let the government think about it in advance and will do it," Putin said.
It won't get any easier without a transport tax
"The transport tax is 20-40 thousand rubles a year per truck, and Platon is 200-300 thousand rubles a year," said Valery Voitko, coordinator of the Trucker association, to Gazeta.Ru. - It turns out that the abolition of the transport tax does not at all compensate for the introduction of Platon.The transport tax rate for a 12-ton truck is calculated at the rate of more than 210 hp, on average, motors from 220 to 500 hp are installed on such trucks. hp and 420 hp At the same time, transport tax revenues go to regional budgets.
For the most part, these funds do not reach the roads, but are directed to the social sphere - salaries and benefits to state employees, and health care costs. So think about what this situation will lead to in the regions that will lose such an item of income."
Voitko assured Gazeta.Ru that his group of truckers would continue to defend their position, and drew attention to the fact that now the carriers, who continue to work in the new conditions, have no choice but to include the cost of transportation in the cost of production. And this has already led to an increase in prices in stores.
In turn, the leader of the interregional trade union of professional drivers, Alexander Kotov, believes that the abolition of the transport tax will still lead to a decrease in regional budget revenues that are used for road construction.
“This is a prerequisite for all regional roads to eventually become paid, and Platon will earn money not only on federal highways,” Kotov said. “The main revenues of the regions that go to the budget for road construction are just the transport tax. cancel it now, then less money will come in. After all, you can’t collect much from cars. Therefore, you will have to look for either other sources of funding, or introduce a fee for the use of federal roads for everyone.”
Driver Magomed Magomedov from Dagestan, who owns several trucks and took part in the rally from Dagestan to Moscow, told Gazeta.ru that
for a 380 hp truck he has to pay a quarterly tax of 14 thousand rubles. “But if I drive 100,000 km a year, I will spend at least 300,000 rubles,” Magomedov explained.
But we have our own customs, we need to collect money for a bride price in order to marry off our daughters, I can’t do this anymore. And we fought for this country. The authorities will not wait for more of our votes! And I was so proud of Putin that he took the Crimea! If our activists continue their actions, then I will immediately join them and do everything that depends on me!”
Ruslan Shankin, head of the Navigator-M company, believes that the abolition of the transport tax will help freight carriers "like a dead poultice."
“Here is an example with a cargo truck with a 320 hp engine - we pay 28 thousand rubles a year for it,” Shankin told Gazeta.Ru. “It turns out that with the abolition of the transport tax, we are charged 2.3 thousand rubles per month, despite the fact that with a mileage of 15 thousand km per month we will have to pay 40-45 thousand rubles.
It sounds loud, but it doesn't really work."
Meanwhile, the leadership of United Russia stated that the issue of the ratio of payments to the Platon system and the amount of the transport tax should be carefully worked out at the legislative level so that the regions do not lose the opportunity to repair roads in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
"The transport tax goes to regional road funds, to restore regional roads. Payments under the Platon system go to repair federal highways. Therefore, we need to find a middle ground, an optimal solution so that the regions are not left without funds for the restoration of regional roads if the transport tax is canceled ", - quoted on Thursday the Vice-Speaker of the State Duma, Secretary of the General Council of the party Sergei Neverov, the press service of United Russia.
While politicians were discussing the expediency of "Platon", the singer and leader of the group "DDT" Yuri Shevchuk on Thursday arrived at the camp of protesting truckers in Khimki. To support the drivers, he sang a few songs to them and gave them his CDs.
Owners of multi-ton trucks are required to make payments to the state budget for travel on federal highways. This innovation appeared at the end of 2015. Disputes and discontent on the part of truckers have generated a lot of discussion. And now people are often interested in whether Plato has been canceled or not.
Platon is a specialized system for collecting fees from trucks, whose authorized weight is more than 12 tons, for driving on federal roads. Toll motorways do not fall under this category.
When driving on such roads, the duration of the route and the cost of payment in favor of the state budget are calculated. You can make the calculation in several ways:
Although the bill on the collection of fees was introduced in November 2015, it became effective a little later for those who move outside the Moscow region. The cancellation of Plato is not considered by the Government as a way to resolve the unrest that has arisen on the part of truckers.
After the press received information about the introduction of fees for the passage of multi-ton trucks on federal roads, many truckers took to the protest. The rally was held on November 19, 2015 throughout Russia.
The main argument of dissatisfied truckers was that the country was not ready for the introduction of such a system technically and psychologically. The practice of collecting tolls came to Russia from European countries, the level of development of which is much higher.
After such a negative response from carriers, the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation made some adjustments. Already in mid-November, it was decided to postpone until May 1, 2016 the imposition of fines for violation of obligations to compensate for damage caused by heavy trucks to federal roads.
Immediately after the introduction of the law on the Plato system, a bill was prepared providing for the abolition of the collection of fees for 3 years. The authors were representatives of the auto business, which 
supported by the Liberal Democratic Party.
The dissenters also gave reasons for such a measure: instability and the economic crisis have already seriously worsened the situation of all business representatives, including freight carriers.
The moratorium bill was not passed, but some changes were made to make life easier for truckers. The abolition of Plato is practically impossible today, because the implementation of the program took a huge amount of federal budget funds.
After the introduction of the Platon system, the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation received many messages from freight carriers about their unwillingness to work according to the new principles. Most companies simply did not have time to go through the registration and installation of on-board devices. That is why it was decided to postpone the imposition of fines until May 1, 2016.
The size of the fines levied on non-payers were also changed. Initially, it was planned that for the first violation, the owner of the car would have to pay 450 thousand rubles, and for repeated violations - 1 million rubles.
The amount of fines was officially reduced, which is enshrined in the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. The primary violation is punishable by the obligation to pay 5 thousand rubles to the state treasury. A repeated incident implies an increase in the fine to 10 thousand rubles.
Amendments have also been made regarding payment tariffs. Until February 29, 2016, the amount of the fee was equal to 1.53 rubles for each kilometer along the federal highway. Such tariffs were valid only on the territory of the Moscow region.
Starting from March 1, 2016, until December 31, 2018, the tariff should have been increased to the mark of 3.06 rubles per kilometer, but this indexation was also postponed until 2017.
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