On September 13, Minsk / Alina Grishkevich - BELTA /. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko expressed doubts about the expediency of a number of proposed changes to the Road Traffic Regulations. This was discussed today during a report to the head of state on the draft decree "On Amendments and Additions to the Road Traffic Regulations," reports BELTA correspondent. As Alexander Lukashenko noted, road traffic safety issues directly affect the rights and legitimate interests of almost the entire population of the country. The head of state pointed out that due to the importance of these issues, a decision was made back in 2005 to approve the Road Traffic Regulations at the presidential level. "Why was this done? It was said then that the Road Traffic Regulations are a serious matter, and it is not permissible to amend them, whether by such a serious department as the Ministry of Internal Affairs or anyone else. And after five years, I am convinced that this decision was correct," noted Alexander Lukashenko. "Therefore, when I once again received a draft decree on amending the Road Traffic Regulations, having read it, I realized that the Ministry of Internal Affairs or someone else involved in these changes, not so much pulling the blanket over themselves, but have overdone it," said the head of state. At this stage, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is proposing further amendments to the Road Traffic Regulations. "But I have doubts: do all the proposed changes serve the public interest? How timely are they, and will there be objective difficulties in their application?" said Alexander Lukashenko. According to the President, the Road Traffic Regulations cannot be changed as often as proposed. "This means that either you are not working thoroughly enough, you do not see what will happen tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, you cannot foresee it and start amending these Regulations almost every year, or we really have such a dire situation that, for example, the speed in a populated area at night needs to be limited to 50 km per hour instead of 60 km per hour. As if this is a big difference, and it will change something," said Alexander Lukashenko.