A government decree on additional measures to ensure the safety of passenger bus transportations is adopted.
According to the decree, from September 1, 2019:
- at night time, transportation of passengers by inter-regional, inter-city, international routes and tourist destinations will be carried out exclusively accompanied by internal affairs bodies using specially equipped service vehicles;
- accompaniment by internal affairs bodies of buses will be carried out on a fee basis in the order of rendering state services or concluding contracts;
- buses, accompanied by the bodies of internal affairs, will undergo a compulsory check of the technical condition immediately before departing for the route;
- drivers of buses whose rest between shifts is less than 12 hours are not allowed to travel;
- It is not allowed to issue license cards for the carriage of passengers by buses, the service life of which exceeds 15 years. And from January 1, 2021, transportation of passengers on such buses will be prohibited.
Accompanying buses that carry out transporting excursion, tourist and other groups from among the representatives of socially vulnerable groups of the population, organized for charitable purposes, is free of charge.
