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Russia to cancel parking fines issued to drivers waiting in line for gasoline (meduza.io)

submitted 18 hours ago by tardigrade@scribe.disroot.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/10152961

Fines issued to Russian drivers for parking and stopping violations while they waited in line for gasoline will be canceled, Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk said.

“In each such case, all regional traffic police divisions of Russia’s Interior Ministry will issue decisions to cancel the fines, given the minor nature of the offense or the fact that the driver was acting out of urgent necessity,” she said.

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The move follows complaints from residents of the Saratov region about fines issued to drivers waiting in line for gasoline. Automated enforcement systems in the region had been recording parking and stopping violations near gas stations. As of July 1, Volk said, those systems have been switched off.

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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 3 hours ago

Why? They should fine them every way they can until they can impound and scrap all the cars that burn fossil fuels.

[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

> Oi, you can't park there mate
< Nah mate, you see there is a petrol station up ahead
> O, my bad.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 31 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Looked like people were about to riot over this, from the last video I saw.

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 16 points 13 hours ago

Looked more like they were ready to beat each other up over this rather than rioting against the regime.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

I heard gas prices were soaring past $17/little to the point where some places where charging like $100/litre and most stations not selling to citizens at all.

This is while they try to flee, waste gas sitting in traffic for hours and hours trying to get across a bridge...

[–] decolo@piefed.social 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

got a link?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 13 hours ago

Can’t find it rn, but it was on Lemmy just a few days ago, Russians stuck in line at a gas station, blocking off a tanker truck.

[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Heh. Well, that's one way they're better than Stalin. No way his Russia would have relaxed the rules like that.