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Roads of Belarus will be estimated by stars An independent institute of road safety auditors will be established in Belarus. And all roads in the country, including the main ones, will be examined under the International Road Assessment Programme (IRAP). This is a certain system which will define both the safest roads and those where quality needs improving. In the next decade, the country will also have a national programme for the development of electric transport, which is currently undergoing various approvals. This, as well as further development of roads and cars, was discussed by specialists.
A safety indicator is 56 deaths per million. But the fewer, the better Creating comfortable and safe roads is a priority for the country’s road industry. Belarus is implementing the Road Safety Concept and has already achieved high performance in this area. 56 people per million inhabitants have died on the roads, although it is necessary to strive for zero mortality, experts say. — As part of the M‑3 road and bridge reconstruction project, for example, we are working with consultants who help us develop a road safety strategy. In cooperation with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, we will continue the reconstruction of other highways going out of the capital, — said Sergey Leonchik, Head of the Road Administration of the Main Road Administration of the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The driver assistance system — ADAS, i. e. modern electronic devices used now in all cars and buses, also helps to improve road safety. Some of these systems already have mandatory status. In particular, the exchange rate stability system for cars has been added as mandatory to ABS, i. e. anti-lock braking system, since this year. For passenger cars it has already been in operation, and now it should appear on
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road freight vehicles, said Pavel Shabanov, Chief Designer for Automobile Equipment of Minsk Automobile Plant of the Holding Company BelavtoMAZ: — Optional in our country but mandatory in Europe the emergency braking function should also start working. A camera — such an artificial vision element — is installed on the car, it detects elements of the road surface, which allows the car to move without the driver’s participation, if this mode is set. It is also possible to see objects approaching the car, both people and things. This way, even the driver’s carelessness will not cause an accident. Safety measures in the use of equipment produced at the Minsk Tractor Plant (MTZ) are of specific character. They mainly concern overturning and damage caused by some objects during its work and are much less related to speed, as it does not exceed 40 km/h in transport mode and 12 km/h in working mode. There is also a communal road maintenance facility for cleaning and mowing, and a construction facility for building roads and bridges. — The capacity of this equipment today, depending on the required scope of work is from 30 horsepower for local technological roads to 130–150 for large highways, — said Alexey Lyubchevsky, Deputy Director of the branch Trade House BELARUS of MTZ JSC. — It is
more like an energy tool that at a certain time and place can provide the necessary amount of energy: hydraulic, mechanical or electrical. At the same time we closely cooperate with road services and offer basic chassis for attaching on them special equipment, which is not produced at MTZ. And we are also ready to create customized equipment, including the one for import substitution.
