The Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and NAMI have been instructed to conduct a comprehensive study of the risks associated with the participation of right-hand drive vehicles in traffic. According to the government's safety improvement plan, which TASS has reviewed, the results are to be reported by 2028. The document also provides for studying the possibility of introducing special training programs for drivers of such vehicles – primarily for regions with a high proportion of right-hand drive car fleets.
In parallel, a mass audit of road infrastructure is being launched. By 2030, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Rosavtodor, Avtodor, and regional authorities must assess how closely the actual traffic organization on federal and local roads corresponds to the approved designs. In fact, this involves a continuous verification: markings, signs, traffic lights, intersection geometry – everything that affects accident rates.
The combination of these two instructions indicates a systemic approach: first, an audit of the roads themselves, then an analysis of how right-hand drive cars behave on these roads. For the regions of Siberia and the Far East, where right-hand drive vehicles remain widespread, the results of the study could lead to new requirements for driver training or restrictions on the operation of such vehicles.
