Culprit will be punished for summer tires

In the State Duma amended, under which the perpetrator of the accident itself will pay for the accident, if his car had summer tires in the winter. Thus the Council of the Federation has decided to support the insurers, who complain of loss-making CTP, transfers "RBC daily» .

Amendments made by senators Sergey Katanandov and Vladimir Fedorov Proposes to change the law on CTP, the federal law on "Road Safety" and the Code of Administrative Offences. Insurance companies will be able to claim damages from the culprit, if he fails to pereobulsya. However, no specific time frame is not specified.

Insurers are not enthusiastic about the initiative of the senators. Someone even said that this initiative will make CTP more unprofitable for the companies, as each time you will have to prove that it is summer tire caused an accident, but not a bad road, or other factors.

" This may involve additional costs. Cost of technical expertise that companies now spend in complex emergencies, of 10-15 thousand rubles . "- Executive Vice President of MSC Sergey Efremov .

" This idea raises many questions. Are the traffic police? And the climate in our country varies greatly from north to south - exactly when to change tires? "- Said the director claims settlement SOGAZ Vladimir Kozlov .

Earlier, Russia's largest insurance companies sent a joint letter to the First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov , Which threatened to turn the business of CTP, if the law is not changed. According to the authors of the letter, on the market in a critical situation: the courts en masse accusing insurers after CTP became subject to the law "On the Protection of Consumers' Rights.

At the beginning of this year in the State Duma introduced a bill that provides for a penalty for lack of winter tires in the amount of 5000 rubles. In the explanatory memorandum clearly stipulate the period when the driver has to use winter tires - from December 1 to March 1. Moreover, some regions this time frame can be changed depending on weather conditions. However, the document proposed by a member of the Federation Council of Vadim Tulip , Did not specify the special requirements for winter tires.