In Irkutsk Region, the traffic police are launching the preventive campaign Child car seats for children, which will begin on July 19 and aims to reduce accidents involving children. Police pay special attention to crashes involving motor vehicles. In six months, 15 accidents were recorded involving underage moped and scooter riders, injuring 15 children. In June, traffic police carried out more than 150 raids, identified 100 young violators, and held the parents of teenagers accountable.
In order to reduce this sad statistic, the Traffic Police Department has planned a preventive campaign, “Child Car Seats!”, which will begin on July 19. The priority area of work for the regional traffic police officers is the prevention of accidents involving motor vehicles, which, although distinctly seasonal in nature, still seriously concerns the police and the public.In addition, over the past 6 months, 15 traffic accidents involving underage moped and scooter riders have been registered, in which 15 children were injured. In this regard, in June 2013, traffic police officers, together with juvenile affairs inspectors and district police officers, conducted more than 150 special raids, during which 100 young traffic violators were identified, 64 reports were drawn up against the parents of teenagers for failure to fulfill their duties in raising minors, and 31 cases were sent to the juvenile affairs commission.
Based on materials from the press service of the Traffic Police Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region