Holidays of Ukraine - Day of the State Traffic Inspectorate of Ukraine (Day of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine)

Modern roads are crowded with traffic The galloping rhythm of life creates the need for fast movement and transportation Every fifth Ukrainian uses an individual car Work machines, production vehicles, construction equipment - all transport requires registration, inspection and regulation of safe movement To perform these functions, the Ukrainian traffic police service was created The Cabinet of Ministers of independent Ukraine signed documents on the status of the State Traffic Inspectorate within the Ministry of Internal Affairs in 1997 The basic regulations on the service were formalized on April 14 This date is the holiday of Ukrainian traffic inspectors The structure and equipment of the inspectorate need to be constantly strengthened due to technological progress and social development This is what happened with the traffic police service, starting in the Soviet 60s First, uniform traffic rules appeared, then intoxication indicator tubes, stationary posts, speeding radars, patrol cars with radio communications, and helicopters Road inspection professionals, being on duty witnesses of car accidents and road accidents, rightly focus on examining dangerous sections of highways, statistics, and preventing car accidents The police, patrolling the streets and regulating traffic, provide a safe living environment for the country's residents The lack of traffic safety inspectors on the roads leads to an increase in accidents A decrease in the number of law enforcement officers on the highways results in an increase in the number of dead and wounded Only personnel with a high level of professional training can use modern information technology to search and track vehicles, to monitor the transportation of unsafe cargo, and to control the quality of road surfaces Specialists from the traffic police take care of the preservation of our native nature and protect it from the harmful effects of vehicles