Average speeding tickets may return to Russia. A bill to this effect has been submitted to the State Duma. The proposal suggests fining drivers not only in front of cameras but also on sections between them. For now, this only concerns the Vologda Oblast.
Journalist Maxim Kadakov noted that the average speed is proposed to be determined as "a value equal to the ratio of the length of the section of the road with an established speed limit for a vehicle to the time spent by the vehicle to overcome this section."
The experiment is scheduled to take place in the Vologda Oblast from January 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027, if the bill is adopted. Kadakov is confident that if the experiment is conducted, it will be deemed successful, and then they will likely want to extend it to the whole of Russia.
However, the government has so far "rejected" the bill because it requires budgetary spending. Kadakov believes that similar initiatives from other regions can be expected in the near future.
It is worth recalling that in 2021, the Supreme Court overturned average speeding tickets, stating that punishment is only possible when a specific place of violation is indicated. Since 2022, proposals to reinstate the fines have been appearing regularly.
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