The cost of services for obtaining a passenger license is from 25,000 rubles.
The State Traffic Inspectorate has established special rules for the organized transportation of children, which both the carrier and the employees who accompany the children on the trip need to know.
Organized transportation of children is the transportation of children without their parents in the number of 8 or more people on a bus that is not a route transport. According to the Traffic Rules, such buses are equipped with a “Transportation of Children” sign on the windshield and rear windows.
Organized transportation of a group of children and new licensing rules
Individual entrepreneurs or legal entities involved in transporting children must have a valid license to transport children by bus, and the bus itself must meet the technical requirements according to the license.
Licensing for transporting children by bus – preparing, submitting and obtaining a license to transport children by bus, which is carried out by specialized organizations.
The procedure for obtaining a license to transport children by school buses is established by the Traffic Rules, the Federal Law “On Licensing of Certain Types of Activities”, and the Rules for the Organized Transportation of Groups of Children by Buses, which were approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1177 on December 15, 2013.
In addition, the traffic police has developed a special leaflet on organizing the transportation of children by bus, which contains mandatory requirements for the carrier.
What is this new law?
In fact, it is not entirely correct to call the law of change. Formally, they do not relate to laws, but are Resolution of the Russian Government No. 1196 on amendments to another PPRF - No. 1177. Thus, the first regulatory act simply amends the second one from the beginning of October 2021 - the basic rules for the organized transportation of a group of children on a bus.
Among the most important innovations:
- seat belts and children fastened in them are mandatory not only in intercity transport, but also on city buses for groups of children,
- more responsibility is transferred to the accompanying person,
- The deadline for submitting a permit to the traffic police for the organized movement of children is now only 24 hours.
What should a school bus owner provide?
The owner of the school bus (educational school or other legal entity that has entered into an agreement for the transportation of children with the school) must obtain a license.
The bus must meet the license requirements
- The bus must be equipped to transport passengers;
- The bus is no older than 10 years from the date of issue;
- Mandatory technical inspection;
- The presence of a special “Speed Limit” sign, according to which children are not allowed to drive the bus at a speed of more than 60 km/h;
- Availability of a sign “Transportation of children”;
- Availability of a tachograph;
- Availability of GLONASS satellite navigation.
- Mandatory details: emergency sign, first aid kit, 2 fire extinguishers, wheel chocks, special vest for the driver.
What are the requirements for transporting children?
Bus drivers must be allowed to transport children if they have:
- medical record confirming that you have undergone a mandatory examination;
- daily pre-trip briefing on the safety of transporting children;
- daily pre-trip medical examination;
- continuous work experience (1 year or more) in category D.
In addition, a driver who is allowed to transport children must not have an administrative penalty under traffic rules for a year (deprivation of rights, arrest).
What are the changes?
But there are still quite a number of changes. We'll look at them in order!
There will be no more tour operators by law
At the very beginning of the PPRF there is a definition of the terms used in the transportation rules. And one of them is excluded - the definition of a tour operator.
Likewise, any further mention of tourism industry workers in bus transportation of groups of children is excluded.
Every bus must be equipped with seat belts
From October 1, changes will be made to the requirements for buses carrying children.
- they must still be no older than 10 years of age,
- be in good condition,
- admitted to participate in the transportation of children and road traffic in general,
- equipped with a tachograph, as well as a Russian satellite system,
- and a new requirement - it must be equipped with seat belts for children.
A new list of everyone on the bus
Now the official list should contain not only information about children, but also:
- about those accompanying the organized transportation of a group of children (full name and telephone number),
- about the medical worker on the bus (full name and copy of the license or agreement with a medical institution that has such a license),
- other employees (full name, phone number and pick-up/drop-off points, if they are not traveling the entire route).
For the children themselves, you need to indicate in their list:
- surname, first name and patronymic,
- date of birth or age,
- parents' contact numbers,
- drop-off and pick-up points if they do not travel the entire transportation route.
The list of stops and overnight stays must be predetermined
In particular, the maintainer should have the following list:
4(1). To carry out the organized transportation of a group of children, the person responsible or senior responsible for the organized transportation of a group of children and coordinating the actions of drivers during multi-day trips must have with him a list of places of accommodation for children on vacation at night, which also contains the name of the legal entity or last name, first name and patronymic (if availability) of an individual entrepreneur who places children on vacation at night or operates in the field of providing hotel services, or the register number of a tour operator organizing transportation in the unified federal register of tour operators.
The storage period for documents after transportation has been reduced
Now all documents after transportation must be stored not for 3 years, but for 90 days. The exception is an accident with victims - then the same 3 years remain.
New notice periods for transporting children
Previously, notification of the upcoming transportation of a group had to be submitted no later than 2 days before it. Now there are 2 new deadlines:
- if the transportation is intercity, then 48 hours before it (no later),
- if urban or suburban, then within 24 hours.
The accompanying person must ensure that all children are wearing seat belts.
A new paragraph was added to the Government Decree on October 1:
The appointed accompanying person is obliged to make sure that children are fastened with seat belts before the bus starts moving, to control their use of seat belts along the route, to ensure order in the cabin, preventing children from getting up from their seats and moving around the cabin while driving.
Now let's look at the most common questions regarding the organized transportation of groups of minors.
Rules for boarding and disembarking children according to traffic rules
According to the rules for picking up and dropping off children, during an organized trip the driver is obliged to:
- Check the list with the children and mark all those present; — Ensure the bus stops in a safe place; — Load children's luggage into the luggage compartment; — Check your hand luggage (size and contents); — Instruct children on the rules for boarding and disembarking, as well as on the rules of behavior during stops and movement, including in emergency situations. — Explain to children what to do if their health worsens or the need for help arises.
Do children need to wear seat belts on public transport?
Necessary, definitely. But only if the bus is equipped with seat belts and regardless of whether it is a child or an adult.
Since October, legislation has been talking about the need to equip all vehicles for transporting children only when there is an organized movement of a group of children. We are not talking about all buses with children on board.
Who issues a license to transport children
A license to transport children and schoolchildren is issued by Rostransnadzor. If the school bus licensing documents are prepared incorrectly or incompletely, the licensing authority will refuse to issue a license to the applicant.
A license to transport schoolchildren (students) is issued within 120 days from the date of application. All issued licenses are recorded in a special Register of Licensees.
In case of violation of the rules for transporting children, the carrier will pay an administrative fine in the amount of 100 thousand rubles, the driver who carries out transportation without a license will pay a fine of 3000 rubles, and the responsible official will pay a fine of 25 thousand rubles.
If a private owner or legal entity operates without a license, the fine will be from 50 to 400 thousand rubles.
What are they checking on school buses in 2021?
Lately there have been a lot of questions about what exactly school buses will be checked in 2021. We will not cover the entire topic, but we will tell you what concerns our area of work - tachographs and GLONASS.
In order to answer this question, we asked the territorial department of state road supervision for the Republic of Mordovia to tell us what exactly the inspectors are interested in.
The inspection process is regulated by Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation dated December 28, 2017 No. 542.
Tachograph
When an inspector comes to your school, each school bus must have documents confirming the presence of a tachograph. The inspector will ask for a contract, an installation certificate. and tachograph calibration certificate.
Driver card
Every driver must have a valid driver card. A driver card, like a driver's license, is issued to each driver. It is personalized, it has a photograph of the owner, an individual PIN code is set, so only the person to whom it is issued can use it.
Enterprise map
The person responsible for transport must have a valid company card. This is an important point because the enterprise card is often forgotten.
GLONASS monitoring
The inspector will check the presence of the GLONASS production control system. Agreement, installation certificate, information about testing on the computer.
Tachograph reports
There must be a printout of information from the tachograph on the driver’s work schedule. The printout is made using the tachograph itself, from the “Print” menu, with the driver card inserted.
The school’s electronic database (on a computer) must store data from the driver’s card, which is downloaded every 28 days. We recently devoted a separate article to the topic of how to download data from a driver card.
We know from our clients that inspectors are already checking tachographs on school buses in the beginning of 2021. It is better to prepare for the check in advance, because fines start on average from 7 thousand rubles.
List of documents that must be maintained for transport
In addition to the above, it is worth paying attention to the following points:
- license to transport passengers
- inclusion of information about buses in the license register
- orders assigning responsibilities to specialists and assigning responsibility for ensuring traffic safety
- job descriptions of workers related to traffic safety (mechanic, dispatcher)
- diplomas of education of specialists responsible for traffic safety
- certificate of certification of the person responsible for traffic safety
- order to assign drivers to a bus
- information about preliminary and periodic medical examinations
- agreement for pre-trip and post-trip medical examinations with an organization with a medical license
- documents on the possibility and right to independently conduct a pre-trip inspection
- medical examination log
- pre-trip technical inspections of buses (service agreement, mechanics’ diplomas, training and retraining diplomas)
- pre-trip technical condition monitoring log
- mileage and maintenance log book
- contract for maintenance work, certificate of conformity of this organization
- documents confirming the completion of maintenance (TO-1, TO-2, ...)
- HBO inspection
- bus parking information
- log of driver safety briefings, approved road safety instructions
- drivers time sheet
- Logbook for recording and analysis of road accidents and traffic violations
- reports of official investigations of road accidents
- car waybills
- route diagram, traffic schedule
Still have questions? Ask questions in the comments, we will try to answer them!
What documents are needed to license a school bus?
Question “What documents are needed to license a school bus?” became relevant after changes were made to the current legislation. According to the requirements of Russian government regulations, permission for the organized transportation of passengers must now also be obtained for flights operated for the internal needs of an organization (in this case, a school).
This list also includes school buses that deliver children to their places of study or transport them along excursion routes. To be able to use a vehicle without claims from inspection authorities, you will need to obtain a license before June 29, 2019.
