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September 23rd, 2006 07:27 PM #1
Putin puts brakes on road hogs
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/eu...eut/index.html
POSTED: 0911 GMT (1711 HKT), September 23, 2006
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MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) -- President Vladimir Putin is clamping down on top Russian officials who speed around Moscow with flashing lights and break traffic rules with impunity.
Putin signed a decree, published late on Friday on Kremlin Web site www.kremlin.ru, that seeks to improve road safety by cutting the number of officials who can evade traffic rules.
Russian officials infuriate most drivers by zooming around the country in expensive cars with special number plates and flashing blue lights, known as a migalki, on their roofs.
Gliding through traffic jams and overtaking into oncoming traffic, official drivers sound aggressive horns and often have a sports utility vehicle full of armed guards for extra impact.
Traffic police rarely dare to challenge drivers brandishing such political influence, while the appalling driving of many official cars has made the flashing blue lights, the migalki, a grating symbol of official privilege.
But now senior officials say they are trying to curb dangerous driving on the country's roads, where more than 35,000 people die each year.
Putin's decree, which takes effect from its publication, cuts the number of cars with migalki and special horns to 1,000 from 7,500 from November 1. The decree also cuts the number of special number plates from February.
"The overall number (of cars with special signals) must not exceed 1,000, with the exclusion of those vehicles that support people involved in the defence of the state," the decree said.
Some analysts say the attack on officials' road privileges, supported by the pro-Putin United Russia party, is a vote winner ahead of parliamentary elections in 2007 and presidential elections a year later, when Putin says he will step down.
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September 23rd, 2006 08:38 PM #2Kahit pala sa Russia maraming asal-hayop sa daan.
Dapat i-apply din dito yan , pero malabo. Ok na sana nung panahon ni Lacson.
Tsk tsk , dito sa Pinas kahit "anak ng kapitbahay ng pamangkin ng pinsan ng kabit ng kumpare ni Mayor" kung umasta sa kalsada daig pa yung mayorMagugulat ka may wangwang din. Ang kakapal ng pagmumukha.
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September 23rd, 2006 09:29 PM #3
sa russia, they have a Putin to try to improve road safety.
Dito sa 'pinas. dami PUTIN-*#% na pasaway!
Choice I would have made as well.:nod:
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