As per the amended Traffic Rules (TR), which will take effect on May 1, front-seat passengers will have to wear seat belts, the Ministry of Justice said.
The clause 9 states that the driver and front seat passengers must wear seat belts before driving a vehicle that is designed to have seat belts.
The current traffic rules of 2015 state that the driver must be fastened when driving. There is no mention of seat belts for passengers. There is only a requirement that the driver warn passengers about fastening at the beginning of the movement.
While, the rear-seat children under 12, driving instructor when a trainee is driving, pregnant women and sick passengers are free not to wear seat belts (there was a requirement for a certificate of this).
Drivers and passengers of special vehicles with appropriate color schemes on the outer surface and equipped with flashing beacons of blue, red or blue and red colors can also be unfastened.
Drivers performing a reverse maneuver, as well as taxi drivers, are now required to wear seat belts.
In a government decree of April 12, which approved a new version of the TR, the Ministry of Internal Affairs was instructed to carry out extensive reach out work on the importance, from the point of view of saving human life, of using seat belts in the rear seats, as well as special seats for children under the age of 7 and special restraints. devices with seat belts for children 7-12 years old.
