Right hand drive is banned in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan

From January 2015 right hand drive cars cannot be imported to the territory of the following countries: Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. In all countries of the Custom Union cars will be completed and produced with a similar package of documents, including one type of insurance and car passport. Also the unified standards will be introduced for the expertise laboratories and testing facilities, employment verification and testing of vehicles. Meanwhile, our interlocutors in one of the insurance companies found it difficult to comment on the situation of creating the common insurance zone. According to world statistics in the world every 30 seconds someone dies as a result of the accident. Per year, the number of victims reaches 1.2 million. From 20 up to 50 million of the drivers receive a simple injury.

5 advices how to avoid the crashes in strong winter

Soon strong winter will knock our doors and the streets will be full of snow the snow, that is why ee decided to write down some useful advises how to avoid accidents in a snowy weather. 

First of all change your car's shoes. 

Definitely with the first snow You should replace the rubber winter tires. Remember that driving with the summer tires in law temperature is unsafe even on dry roads. Do not rely on electronic assistants (ESP, ESC, etc.) — they hold the car on tool path, stopping only one or more wheels but not 4 ones immediately. When the clutch is not coated, wheel electronics useless. 

Clean the glasses

Check that the scraper will not disappear from the car, and not be lazy to clean the glass before the trip. Lack of visibility is a common cause of winter crashes: hurrying to work, people are beginning to move with icy glasses. And for avoiding the formation of ice, air out the Salon before you go home, leaving the door open for a few minutes. Then the snow will not melt on the windshield because of the temperature differences, and in the morning you can easily brush it off.

Don't make agressive movements

Forget about the aggressive driving: the sudden accelerations and changing the driving lines can case accidents. As soon as the snow settles you need to pay more attention on the change in behavior of your car. For example, several cycles of acceleration and braking will give you the insight about changing the stopping distance.

Brake safely

Remember that in the winter, you must increase the distance with the front running car. If your car is not equipped with an anti-lock braking system ABS, you need gradually increase the brake pedal force, until a complete stop without locking the wheels. If you feel that the wheels have been blocked and the car started to slide, release the pedal again and softly squeeze.

Handle the doors

In order to avoid the doors' ice block, handle the rubber gaskets with silicone grease.

Honda will pay a penalty for hiding defects

Honda Company faces a record penalty accounting 35 million dollars for the concealment of cars’ defects that could lead to more than 1700 accidents in the United States with the death and injuries. American Honda unit acknowledged the non-awareness of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on the 1729 incidents (eight of them occurred due to faulty airbags Takata). Producer explained the hiding information as "unforeseen failures in a database and software errors." Now Japanese Company is faced the punishment in the form of seven thousand dollars for each day of hiding information from July 2003 to the end of June 2014 years. During this period, the company informed the American authorities about 1144 accidents occurred due to defective machines, while the majority of the cases were from the authorities are hidden. There no doubt that Honda will have to pay 35 million dollars.

Countries with the most aggressive drivers

Drivers from UK in terms of aggression are on the higher position than the drivers from other countries. The Agency UK Lease Plan came to this conclusion after conducting a survey among 3 thousand. drivers from 20 countries of the world. Drivers from Russia did not participate in the survey. About 76% of British said that they have received many of gestures that are deemed offensive. Yet every other driver out of the UK have heard from other road users using foul language. About 73% of drivers found themselves in a situation where aggressive drivers blocked their path.

The British were more aggressively by a number of indicators of the Spaniards and the Italians, who are considered the most vivacious European Nations. By the level of aggression among the drivers are Czechs, Frenchmen and Germans. Among 20 countries that participated in the ranking, the last place by the level of aggression is Turkey. There is only 23% of drivers received in their address insulting gestures, 15% have heard foul language and another 13% have been blocked by the aggressors. Remember, about a year ago, members of the LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY in the State Duma of Russia introduced a Bill, under which drivers have offered fine worth from 2.5 to 5 thousand rubles for aggressive driving. It's understood the deliberate interference with the vehicle, resulting in the risk of emergency or threat to the safety of other road users.

How to avoid backover accidents

Children are often the unfortunate victims of backward pedestrian crashes. There are many driveway tragedies of this nature every year in the United States. When it comes to avoiding objects while traveling in reverse, rear cameras are more effective than parking sensors. However, they are not helpful in every situation.

Experts estimate about 300 people are killed and about 18,000 are injured annually in backward pedestrian crashes. These accidents typically occur in driveways and parking lots. Researchers recently conducted a study with drivers in an empty parking lot in Los Angeles. Their study results showed that cameras were more helpful than parking sensors in preventing backward crashes into pedestrians. They also found that cameras alone worked better in these situations than cameras and parking sensors combined.

Trucks and SUVs are commonly involved in these accidents, because it is hard for drivers to see children who are playing or lying on the ground from a higher blind zone.

During their study, researchers placed a painted pole behind a vehicle to show the varying heights and head sizes of kids who were between 12 and 15 months, between two and three years and between five and six years. One exception to this was the Hyundai Sonata, which had a high trunk and a sloping rear window. The blind spot on this vehicle was more than 40 percent larger than the blind spot on a Ford F-150 truck, which had side mirrors designed for enhanced visibility while towing.