Don Residents Question Gasoline Sales ID Law in Rostov Region
Recently, authorities in the Rostov region issued a positive assessment for a draft law on selling gasoline in the region by passport. The idea is to reduce the number of accidents involving minors who ride motorcycles and pit bikes. Some Don residents believe the innovation will indeed be beneficial. Others are convinced that teenagers will ask adults to buy gasoline for them or will start stealing it. We collected opinions from readers of 161.RU.
‘This won’t work! Given that teenagers consume alcohol and tobacco no less, if not more. And there are more varied compositions and vapes. It will be the same with gasoline. They will find ways to buy it for a bribe; for a bribe, age isn’t seen, and the inspector will be bribed for the same bribe, but in a larger equivalent. Why is this initiative being introduced and who needs it? Conclusion: clearly not to make roads safer. But teenagers will clearly learn that everyone can be bought for a bribe, and they don’t give a damn about your rules.’
‘Interesting, will a note from father or granddad work? In my childhood, many used such notes to buy cigarettes, and they were sold to many.’
‘And what about irresponsible parents who buy them bikes? They will buy them fuel too.’
‘Actually, it was decided very correctly. They will introduce a fine for sales of about fifty thousand rubles (approximately $556 at current rates), and no one, at least no large network, will sell gasoline to minors. They shouldn’t be on the road. Anyone in their right mind would agree with this.’
‘Still, it reduces the number of opportunities. Nothing much will change from this, except perhaps 1 out of 100 won’t crash on their motorbike.’
‘As I understand it, after this law is adopted, gas stations will have to implement new software for scanning passports and entering data into some another registry, the maintenance of which costs money. This will affect the cost of fuel — the cost will increase. Right? In the end, this will not reduce the number of minors riding mopeds and other SIMs (small individual mobility devices) on electric power, but will create more inconveniences for motorists.’
Over the past 5 years, in the region, the number of road accidents involving child motorcyclists has increased fourfold. The idea to ban the sale of gasoline to minors belongs to the prosecutor«s office.
