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===Road safety=== [[File:Road deaths in Russia, 2004-2016.png|thumb|Road deaths in Russia, 2004-2016]] {{see also|ARCAP}} Road safety in Russia is poor, with a road accident rate higher than in Europe or the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Russia cuts its traffic deaths with tough fines βand upbeat ads|url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-05-02/make-its-roads-safer-russia-sends-positive-message|website=Public Radio International|access-date=21 March 2017}}</ref> In 2011, Russia was 4th by number of absolute recorded road deaths.<ref>{{cite news|title=The world's most dangerous roads - get the data|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/may/11/most-dangerous-roads#data|access-date=22 March 2017|work=the Guardian|date=11 May 2011}}</ref> Increasingly harsher penalties for traffic violations were imposed after 2008, but the level of corruption among traffic law enforcement authorities limits their effectiveness in reducing the number of accidents.<ref name="cotr">{{cite journal|last1=Oleinik|first1=Anton|title=Corruption on the road: A case study of Russian traffic police|journal=IATSS Research|volume=40|pages=19β25|doi=10.1016/j.iatssr.2015.12.001|date=1 July 2016|doi-access=free}}</ref> [[Dashcam]]s are widespread, inasmuch as Russian courts prefer video evidence to [[eyewitness testimony]], but also as a guard against [[police corruption]] and [[insurance fraud]].<ref name=wired>{{cite magazine | author = Damon Lavring | title = Why Almost Everyone in Russia Has a Dash Cam | magazine = [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] | date = 15 February 2013 | url = https://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/02/russian-dash-cams/ | author-link = Damon Lavring }}</ref>
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