Main article: Driving license in Russia
2023
Development of amendments to traffic rules that equate an electronic driver's license with a paper one
In mid-July 2023, the Ministry of Digital Science published amendments to the traffic rules, equating an electronic driver's license with a paper one. According to the document, "information" from driver's licenses, STS and other documents that should be with them by the person driving the vehicle can be presented to the inspector "in electronic form" - using the mobile application Public services.Avto. "
According to the authors of the innovation, it is aimed at simplifying the procedure for confirming the right to drive a vehicle, as well as digitalizing relations related to road safety. It is also noted that the adoption of the draft resolution will not require additional funding from the federal budget. Interviewed Businessman"" experts supported the idea of equating electronic driver's licenses with paper ones.
 | An absolutely correct initiative, this has already been tested on the example of electronic OSAGO policies, "says Sergey Radko, lawyer for the Freedom of Choice movement. - Technically, it is quite possible to replace the paper documents we are used to with electronic information. This will allow drivers not to worry about the lack of the necessary documents and the associated unpleasant consequences. Moreover, the driver's lack of these documents is not directly related to traffic safety. |  |
The coordinator of the Blue Buckets movement, Pyotr Shkumatov, noted that emergency situations are also possible on the road - for example, a phone battery suddenly sat down or the screen broke. In this case, as the expert noted, if the driver does not have paper originals with him, de jure he finds himself without documents at all, which means he can be prosecuted under Art. 12.3 of the Administrative Code - a fine of 500 rubles.
Draft Resolution "On Amending the Rules of the Road of the Russian Federation
Appearance in the application Public services.Avto "
On January 13, 2023, the Ministry of Digital Science announced that the Public services Auto application had an electronic version of the driver's license. There is also a digital copy of the STS - the second main document that traffic inspectors require from drivers. It became possible thanks to collaboration of Mintsifra and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The mobile application "Public services Auto" itself has been operating since 2021. As of January 2023, more than 2.5 million drivers use it.
How to present electronic documents:
- Select the driver's license or the required STS in the application and click "Present documents"
- The traffic police inspector considers the appeared QR code through a special program
- Data will be automatically loaded from the traffic police database
- You can present a driver's license and STS in electronic form using the application even without access to the Internet.
The following are available in the application:
- electronic rights
- Electronic STS
- registration of the Europrotocol online
- payment and appeal of fines
- car check service
- registration for registration of a car and replacement of a driver's license
The State Traffic Inspectorate reminds that even with electronic documents in the application, drivers are still required to carry a driver's license in its original form.
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2022
The Ministry of Digital Industry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs are testing electronic driver's licenses in all regions of Russia
On October 1, 2022, the Ministry of Digital Science of Russia and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia began experimental operation of the service for presenting an electronic driver's license in the mobile application Public services.Avto. " This was announced on October 1, 2022 to TAdviser by representatives of the Ministry of Digital Science.
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As specified in the department, in the first half of October 2022, the first stage of the introduction of electronic driver's licenses will take place - for this period it is planned to test the information systems of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Digital Science. The ability to present electronic rights will be available in the second half of October 2022 - in the updated version of the Public services Auto application.
Drivers will be able to present inspectors with an electronic driver's license in the form of a QR code. Traffic police officers will read the QR code using service mobile devices with special software installed.
At the same time, according to the rules, drivers must also have a driver's license with them in its original form.
The mobile application Public services.Avto "was launched in 2021. As of the beginning of October 2022, more than 2 million users were registered in it.
The following are available in the application:
- presentation of the STS (certificate of registration transport of the facility) in electronic form;
- registration of the European Protocol online;
- payment and appeal of fines;
- checking the car;
- registration for vehicle registration and replacement of driver's license.
Russians will be able to present electronic driver's license
On September 21, 2022, the timing of the launch of the service became known, which will allow motorists to present a driver's license in digital form. The corresponding service will be implemented in the application Public services.Avto. "
{{quote 'Already from October 1 of the current [2022 - approx. TAdviser] year we are planning to launch an electronic service for presenting a driver's license in the mobile application "Gosuslugi.Avto," so who has not downloaded such an application, please, you can do it today, and from October 1, such a service will already be available, - said the head of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Mikhail Chernikov. }}
According to him, in 2022, an experimental operation of an electronic service was carried out to present a certificate of registration of a vehicle using the application Public services.Avto. " In the first week alone, the application was downloaded more than 1 million times. The experiment received positive reviews from motorists, Chernikov emphasized.
He said that by September 21, 2022, amendments to the traffic rules are being prepared so that electronic driver's licenses are considered a fully legal document. Moreover, the traffic police plans to make the project available throughout the country, as well as establish its work offline so that drivers can show their rights in places where they do not catch the Internet, said the head of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
In early June 2022, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Digital Science spoke about the development of a new portal for online verification of driver's licenses. You can check the certificates on the official website of the State traffic inspectorate in the section "Online traffic police services."
By September 21, 2022, in the Public services.Avto "application, you can store the STS and present it electronically to the traffic police inspector, transfer the STS to another person, as well as pay fines and sign up for re-registration of the car and replacement of the driver's license.[1]
Digital rights hacked in Australia
In late May 2022, the government of the Australian state of New South Wales, which advertised its digital driving licences as unsuitable, found they were just as easy to forge.
Introduced into general circulation in 2019, the driver's license allowed users to use their own mobile phone for confirmation of identity and age during police checks on the roads or in bars, shops, hotels and other places. System developers from ServiceNSW promised the technology data would provide an additional layer of security and protection against personal fraud compared to the plastic driving licence Australian citizens used.
In 2022, security researchers showed that virtually any user could fake a digital driver's license by creating a fake identity. According to Fudzilla, this method was actively used by people under the age when they can drink, they simply changed their date of birth, and some financial fraudsters forged fake certificates and other documents from banks. The process takes no more than an hour and does not require special hardware or expensive software, and also allows the generation of fake IDs that are verified using an electronic verification system used by police and participating Australian government agencies.
Information security researcher Noah Farmer, who identified the flaws, wrote in his report that the digital driver's license did not have a more robust design and did not provide additional layers of security. Farmer added that he believed the Australian government had simply decided that if it said it was unbreakable technology, then people would believe them.[2]
The Ministry of Digital Engineering terminated the contract with Rostelecom for the electronic driver's license system
On May 13, 2022, it became known that the Ministry of Digital Science terminated a state contract with Rostelecom for the creation of driver's license windows. In the future, the project would allow drivers to present rights to traffic inspectors from a mobile application. Read more here.
2021
Putin instructed to conduct an experiment with digital copies of passports and driver's licenses
On February 15, 2021, the Kremlin website published an order from Russian President Vladimir Putin on the need for an experiment to use digital copies of documents. Read more here.
Clarification of the format of the experiment on the use of digital driver's licenses
On January 26, 2021, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia made explanations of the format of the experiment on the introduction of digital driver's licenses.
| | Currently, together with the Ministry of Digital Science of Russia, in order to increase the convenience of drivers, a joint study is underway on the possibility of duplicating documents issued on paper in electronic form, - said the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk. | |
According to her, if the experiment is successful, the Ministry of Emergency Situations will consider the transfer to the electronic form of driver's licenses.
It is explained that electronic documents will be sewn into the QR code, which drivers will need to present at the request of police officers. A police officer using a portable device will be able to read two-dimensional barcodes and view data on the driver and his car on the screen if they are in the database.
The list of documents provided to the police officer at his request, according to paragraph 2.1.1 of the Traffic Rules of the Russian Federation, includes a driver's license and registration documents for the vehicle. The Ministry of Internal Affairs emphasizes that driving vehicles without documents provided for by the traffic rules of the Russian Federation, as well as any other changes in the legal regime in the regions, is not planned for the period of experimental operation of the services and mobile applications created. The presentation of electronic copies of documents instead of their originals in pilot regions is not provided, Volk said.
By the end of January 2021, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is considering a project to use an electronic vehicle registration certificate. In relation to driver's licenses, such a question will be considered only in case of successful experience in using a digital STS, concluded Irina Volk.[3]
Start of creating digital driver's documents in the Russian Federation
In mid-2021, it became known about the beginning of the creation of digital driver's documents in Russia. The Ministry of Digital Industry is preparing to launch an experiment to use a mobile application with a QR code instead of a driver's license and a vehicle certificate (STS).
| | The inspector could read the QR code and get the information. If you forget the right at home, you sit and do not shake, because the phone is always with you, you will definitely not forget it, - explained the deputy head of the Ministry of Digital Science Oleg Kachanov during the Gaidar Forum. | |
According to Kommersant, the Ministry of Internal Affairs insists that the inspector see on the phone in the application of public services a large, high-quality photo of documents, and the QR code can be an addition to verify the authenticity of the image. Paper driver's licenses are mandatory under the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, the source of the publication in the Ministry of Internal Affairs draws attention, but the STS can be refused. But a number of aspects of the digitalization of driver's documents have not yet been resolved: for example, the driver took out a phone with a photo of his license in the cold, and the gadget suddenly turned off, the source said.
The project can be implemented in four "most digital" regions of the country. Which ones are not specified. However, in July last year, the regions were named - the leaders of digitalization of the first half of 2020. In the top 5 then were Moscow, the Moscow region, the Republic of Tatarstan, the Krasnodar Territory and the Novosibirsk region.
Yaroslav Nilov, Chairman of the Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs, supported the initiative to introduce electronic driver's licenses.
| | There is no need to carry additional documents with you when modern technologies allow you to quickly understand whether the driver has the right to drive a vehicle or not, "he said.[4] | |
Notes
- ↑ Russians will be able to present electronic driver's license
- ↑ Unforgeable driver’s licenses easy to clone
- ↑ The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia explains the information on the experiment on the use of a digital copy of a driver's license
- ↑ Drivers will be recognized by QR. The Ministry of Digital Science promised to introduce electronic driver's documents
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