Odesa MP asks head of MVA to check bus drivers for rudeness to veterans

Odesa City Council deputy Andriy Vagapov asked the head of the military city administration, Serhiy Lysak, to initiate an inspection of Odesa bus carriers and drivers for compliance with transportation rules.

According to the deputy, he was prompted to take this step by an incident involving Taras Kordonets, a war veteran, a person with a third-group disability, who was captured by the Russians.

The incident occurred on a bus running on route 145 from Privoz to Marselska Street. The veteran, getting off the bus, showed the driver his combatant's certificate. This caused the driver's dissatisfaction because another soldier with an injured leg got off in front of Taras Kordonets, who also used his combat veteran's ID.

Taras Kordonets replied to the driver's claim that he could provide a certificate of a person with a disability, and in turn asked why he was serving customers in Russian. The mention of the language caused dissatisfaction among the passengers and the driver.

It should be noted that according to the law "On Motor Vehicle Transport," the following people in Ukraine have the right to free transportation in a minibus:

• military personnel in regular service;
• war veterans and persons equated to them;
• Participants of military operations and persons equated to them;
• military personnel who became disabled due to the war;
• rehabilitated persons who became disabled due to repression;
• police officers and employees of the Security Service of Ukraine in the performance of their duties;
• people with disabilities of the first and second groups, as well as children with disabilities;
• children from large families and children under 6 years of age (without a separate seat);
• victims of the Chornobyl disaster of the first category and liquidators of the Chornobyl accident;
• parents who are dependent on a deceased or missing military serviceman;
• Veterans of military service and law enforcement agencies, the National Police, the Security Service of Ukraine and other special services;
• persons accompanying people with disabilities of the first group or children with disabilities (no more than one accompanying person);
• old-age pensioners.

Pensioners can use all types of public transport free of charge, except for the subway and taxis.

Кирило Бойко