Carriage of children traveling with a passenger

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This article will discuss the rules for transporting groups of children on a bus . Over the past few years, several regulations related to this issue have been issued and amended. All of them were reviewed on pddmaster.ru.

This article contains generalized information and will be updated as legislation changes.

Please note that issues of organized transportation of children affect not only transport companies.

For example, if parents of schoolchildren want to organize an excursion for their children, then they will also have to comply with the transportation rules.

This article will discuss the documents required for transportation, requirements for buses and the people on them.

What is organized transportation of children?

Clause 1.2 of the traffic rules:

“Organized transportation of a group of children” - transportation on a bus that is not a route vehicle, a group of children of 8 or more people, carried out without their parents or other legal representatives.

Please note that organized transportation does not include:

• Children's ride on a minibus. For example, if children and their teacher go to the theater on trolleybus number 1.
• Transportation of 7 or less children.
• Transportation of 8 or more children and several parents, in which 7 or less children are traveling without parents.

Organized transportation includes transportation when:

• People travel on a bus that is not a route vehicle.
• Among the people there are at least 8 children whose parents are not present on the bus.

If the above conditions are met, then you should read this article to the end and study the transportation rules.

Participants of organized transportation

Currently, the list of persons who can participate in organized transportation is strictly limited. Clause 14 of the rules for transporting children by bus:

14. If a child or other person included in the list fails to appear, information about him or her is deleted from the list. In addition to the driver (drivers), other persons other than those indicated in the lists are not allowed on the bus. Monitoring compliance with these requirements is the responsibility of accompanying persons.

Only :

• driver(s);
• children included in the passenger list;
• accompanying persons included in the list of passengers;
• a medical worker included in the passenger list.

Please note that the legality of each person on the bus must be confirmed by an appropriate document. You cannot take a person on a trip without a document.

As an example, consider the following situation. The 11th grade of a secondary school is going on a tourist trip. At the same time, some students have reached the age of 18, i.e. they are not children. The rest of the class remains children. How to prepare documents in this case?

It's actually quite simple:

• Students under 18 years of age must be listed as children on the passenger list;
• Students over 18 years of age must be included on the passenger list as accompanying passengers.

Let's take a closer look at each of the trip participants.

Bus driver

The driver must meet the following requirements:

• working as a category D driver for 1 year out of the last 2 years (until January 1, 2021 - 12 out of the last 13 months);
• undergo pre-trip briefing;
• absence of punishment in the form of deprivation of rights or administrative arrest during the last year.

Children

Children under 18 years of age must be included as children on the passenger list.

Moreover, if there is at least one child under 7 years of age on the list, then the bus schedule must be drawn up so that the bus does not travel longer than 4 hours. That is, we are talking about the total duration of the trip. So it won’t be possible to take small children on long trips.

Accompanying

All accompanying persons must be included in the passenger list as accompanying persons.

Accompanying persons are assigned to each of the buses involved in transportation. The minimum number of accompanying persons is 1 person at each bus door intended for boarding.

If the bus has 2 doors, then there must be at least two accompanying people.

Note. From 1 January 2021, only 1 accompanying person is allowed on the bus if the group includes 20 children or less. In this case, passengers board and disembark through one door of the bus, near which there is an accompanying person.

The maximum number of accompanying persons is not limited.

For example, 8 children and 30 accompanying persons can travel on a bus.

One of the accompanying persons on each bus is designated as responsible.

a senior responsible escort is also appointed . Until October 1, 2019, the senior person in charge could only travel on the last bus in the convoy. After October 1, this requirement is canceled and the senior accompanying person can ride on any bus.

Adult passengers

All adult passengers on the bus must be included on the passenger list as companions.

Medical worker

A medical professional is only required if the trip meets both the following conditions:

• the trip is intercity (until January 1, 2021);
• the duration of the scheduled trip exceeds 12 hours;
• there are 3 or more buses in a convoy (from January 1, 2021).

From October 1, 2021, a medical worker can travel on any bus in the convoy. Previously, he was supposed to be on the last bus.

Carriage of children traveling with a passenger

When traveling in a vehicle that regularly transports passengers and luggage, the passenger has the right:

• carry with you two children under the age of twelve years old in intercity and international traffic, providing them with separate seats for a fee, the amount of which cannot be more than fifty percent of the fare;
• carry with you free of charge in suburban traffic children under the age of seven years without the provision of separate seats.

In cases where the carriage of children in vehicles without providing them with separate seats is prohibited in accordance with the established procedure, the passenger has the right to transport with him two children under the age of twelve years with the provision of separate seats for them for a fee, the amount of which cannot be more than fifty percent of the freight charge.

The passenger must have with him a document that confirms the age of the child being transported with benefits at the fare (birth certificate or parents' passport with a record of the child's birth).

In accordance with Article 191 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, the course of a period defined by a period of time begins the next day after the calendar date or the occurrence of an event that determines its beginning. Consequently, the age of a child older than the age determined by law occurs after the date of birth. In the case of transportation of children traveling with a passenger, controllers have the right to require such passenger to present documents confirming the age of the child (birth certificate or passport of one of the parents with a record of the child’s birth).

For information:

• Suburban routes have a serial number from No. 100 to No. 499;
• intercity and international routes have a serial number from No. 500 and above.

The sale of tickets and travel for children on buses on interregional intercity routes and international routes is carried out using identification documents of children.

Electronic tickets for children's travel are issued using the children's identity documents.

When traveling on a personalized ticket, the passenger, if he or she is traveling with children, must have with him and present the original identification document of the children on the basis of which the personalized ticket was issued (for children under fourteen years of age - the child’s birth certificate). If a passenger does not have the specified documents, he and the children traveling with him are not allowed to travel using a personalized ticket.

If a minor citizen (under 18 years of age) crosses the state border of the Russian Federation unaccompanied by parents, adoptive parents, guardians or trustees, he must have with him a notarized consent of the named persons for the departure of the minor citizen of the Russian Federation, indicating the period of departure and the state (states) which(s) he intends to visit. Articles 2, 20 of the Federal Law of November 8, 2007. No. 259-FZ “Charter of Motor Transport and Urban Ground Electric Transport” establishes that a passenger is an individual who has entered into an agreement for the carriage of a passenger, or an individual for the purpose of whose transportation a vehicle charter agreement has been concluded. The conclusion of a contract for the carriage of a passenger is certified by a ticket. In accordance with Articles 21, 28 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (part one), it is established that the legal capacity of a citizen is the ability of a citizen to acquire and exercise civil rights through his actions, create civil responsibilities for himself and fulfill them (civil capacity) arises in full with the onset of adulthood , that is, upon reaching the age of eighteen. For minors under fourteen years of age (minors), transactions (with the exception of the closed list of transactions established by Article 28 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation) can only be made by their parents, adoptive parents or guardians.

According to paragraph 3 of Article 14.1 of the Federal Law of July 24, 1998. No. 124-FZ “On the Basic Guarantees of the Rights of the Child in the Russian Federation”, the laws of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation may establish measures to prevent children (persons under the age of 18) from being in public places at night, including in public vehicles. Law of the Sverdlovsk region dated July 16, 2009. No. 73-OZ “On the establishment in the territory of the Sverdlovsk region of measures to prevent children from being in places where being in which can cause harm to the health of children, their physical, intellectual, mental, spiritual and moral development, and to prevent children from being in public places at night places without the accompaniment of parents (persons replacing them) or persons carrying out activities with the participation of children”, measures have been established to prevent children under the age of 16 from being at night unaccompanied by parents (persons replacing them) or persons carrying out activities with the participation of children. participation of children in public vehicles. In this Law, night time means from 22:00 to 6:00 local time.

Taking into account the above, minor children (under 14 years old, and at night up to 16 years old) can enter into transactions to conclude a contract of carriage and travel on intercity buses with an accompanying person.

Documents for organized transportation

Traffic police document

If transportation is carried out by one or two buses, then a copy of the traffic police notification .

Submitting a notification to the traffic police

If the transportation involves 3 or more buses, then a copy of the traffic police decision on assigning an escort or refusing to provide an escort is required. In case of a positive decision on the application, the convoy of buses is accompanied by one or more police vehicles.

List of all passengers

From October 1, 2021, all passengers can be included in a single list , that is, issuing separate lists for children, accompanying and adult passengers is not required.

For example, the list might look like this:

When filling out information about children, instead of the “Age” column, the “Date of Birth” column can be used.

Note. If a medical professional is involved in the trip, he must also be included in the passenger list. In addition, a license to carry out medical activities or an agreement with a medical organization must be attached.

Driver's document

Attention! From January 1, 2021, an additional driver document is no longer required .

The driver's document must indicate his full name and telephone number. If there are several drivers, then the document indicates the details of each of them.

Please note that we are not talking about a driver's license. A separate document is required, which must be prepared by the transportation organizer.

In addition, you don’t have to issue if the documents include a copy of the traffic police notification about the transportation. Such notification is mandatory if the transportation involves 1 or 2 buses.

Procedure for boarding passengers on the bus

Attention! From January 1, 2021, passenger boarding procedures are no longer required .

The order of boarding passengers includes information about how exactly it is controlled that exactly the passengers from the list got on the bus:

• according to documents (official ID, travel voucher, student card);
• according to the list of passengers;

Transportation route

Transportation route information must include:

• point of departure;
• intermediate pick-up/drop-off points;
• destination;
• stopping places for food and rest.

Note. Before October 1, 2021, a traffic schedule was also required, which should have indicated the time of arrival at different points along the route.

Additional documents

Documents that the driver must have only in some cases:

• The charter agreement or a copy thereof (if such an agreement was concluded).
• List of a set of food products if children are traveling for more than 3 hours (until January 1, 2021).

Please note that the originals of all the documents listed above must be kept for 90 days from the date of the trip , and if an accident involving victims occurred during the trip, then for 3 years.

Bus for organized transportation

Paragraph 22.6 of the traffic rules:

22.6. Organized transportation of a group of children must be carried out in accordance with these Rules, as well as the rules approved by the Government of the Russian Federation, on a bus marked with identification marks “Transportation of Children”.

requirements apply to the bus :

• Installation of a sign “Transportation of children”. The sign is installed in front and behind the bus.
• Turn on a yellow or orange beacon (starting from July 1, 2021).
• The bus must be equipped with seat belts (from October 1, 2021).

In addition, a bus for the organized transportation of children must meet the requirements for all buses for the transportation of passengers:

• The bus must comply in terms of purpose and design with the technical requirements for the transportation of passengers.
• The bus must be permitted to participate in road traffic.
• Installation of tachograph.
• Installation of GLONASS or GLONASS/GPS satellite navigation equipment (not valid from March 19 to May 31, 2021).

School bus and transportation organization

As follows from the Traffic Rules (approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 23, 1993 N 1090), a school bus is one intended for the delivery of children, in respect of which the necessary instructions for vehicles are followed in accordance with the norms on technical regulation, and which is owned and operated by the school .
Although such transportation is characterized by special specifics, the rules provided for the organized transportation of groups of children also apply to it.

According to clause 2.1 of Appendix 2 to the Methodological Recommendations sent by Letter of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia dated July 29, 2014 N 08-988 (hereinafter referred to as the Recommendations), the school director must ensure:

• professional reliability of bus drivers;
• maintaining buses in technically sound condition, preventing failures and malfunctions during their operation;
• safe road conditions on bus routes;
• organizing the transportation process using technology that ensures compliance with the rules for transporting children by school bus and safe conditions for such transportation.

According to clause 1.3 of the Recommendations, the scope of transportation by school bus includes:

• bringing students to school;
• delivering students back after lessons and other school events;
• transportation of children to various educational and cultural events.

In accordance with clauses 2.1, 2.5 of the Recommendations, routes for delivering students are approved by local authorities and must meet safety requirements. At the same time, the places of gathering, boarding and disembarking of students are determined. Signs will be posted at appropriate school bus stop locations indicating where the bus stops to pick up and drop off students.