Mass checks for gas equipment marks amid the fuel crisis have outraged drivers in Dagestan.

Amid the fuel crisis, traffic police officers in Dagestan have intensified checks for gas equipment marks in vehicle documents, a local driver reported on social media. Some residents of the republic, commenting on this post, doubted that such a mark increases vehicle safety. Others called for compliance with the law.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", earlier the republican television channel reported that Dagestan has become the leader in the country in gasoline prices. Local residents, commenting on its video report on social media, demanded that the authorities and the antimonopoly service explain the reasons for the high fuel prices and take measures to reduce them.

In Dagestan, traffic police officers are conducting mass checks for the presence of a gas equipment mark in vehicle documents, complained one local driver. His complaint was published on July 21 by the Instagram*-public dagestan.reality.

"People are already on edge due to rising gasoline prices, and now you are intensively checking for the gas mark in the vehicle registration certificate. This is especially true for officers in mountainous areas, particularly in the Gergebil region. They don't even ask for a driver's license; the first question is – is there a gas mark?" – noted a driver from Dagestan.

Intermediaries offer assistance with the mark in documents for 22 thousand rubles, he added. "It's as if you have colluded with these intermediaries who deal with marks. Everyone understands perfectly well that it does not affect the safety of the vehicle's operation in any way," – pointed out the author of the complaint.

This post in the Instagram*-public dagestan.reality, which has about 40.5 thousand users, had received 5207 likes and 1075 comments by 10:25 AM Moscow time on July 22.

Some commentators confirmed that in Dagestan, traffic police are mass checking for gas equipment marks in documents.

"A week ago I came from Rostov-on-Don, and nowhere at any post did they even mention the gas mark. But the day before yesterday, I was going to the mountains, and in the village of Kurmi in the Gergebil district, the first thing they asked was about the gas mark, and they were immediately ready to fine me," – indicated m.ismailov05.

"Towards Karabudakhkent, near the exit towards Okhrannlara, they hide behind a tree, stop, and check specifically for gas marks," – wrote kunzhuevz.

"In the Kizlyar district, the same problem," – emphasized tagiev005.

Users linked the increase in checks to the fuel crisis. "As soon as the price of gasoline rises, the traffic police start checking for the gas mark," – believes garun_muhtarov.

"They are already specifically annoying. There is no gasoline, and now they are asking for the gas mark, they don't even ask for the driver's license," – said in a comment arifgasratov.

"Life has become very difficult. Gasoline is 130 rubles, and they are demanding a gas mark," – lamented sultan2022235.

Commentators doubted that the presence of a mark in the documents affects vehicle safety. In their opinion, safety depends on the quality of installation and inspection of the equipment itself.

"What does this mark give?" – asked user sali.mat1964.

"If the mark was put for money, how can it be safer?" – asked user sait.005.

"I don't understand: gas equipment is installed from improvised materials in the garage, but when you pay money for a couple of words in the vehicle registration certificate, it becomes safe?" – wrote user dzhamal5517.

Let us remind you, earlier analysts noted that the mass transition of drivers to gas will not solve the fuel crisis problem due to a lack of infrastructure.

This infrastructure cannot be built in a short time, pointed out the deputy general director of the Institute of National Energy Alexander Frolov. "However, the current crisis is a good reason to remember the programs that already exist but are developing much slower than planned," – he said.

The mass transition of drivers to gas should not be perceived as a long-term trend: if the problem with gasoline is resolved and queues at gas stations disappear, the excitement around gas equipment will subside, noted earlier the leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov.