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Railway safety and the draft of new penalties after the accident in Sokolniki Suche

Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Piotr Malepszak as a guest on Radio RMF24.

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The government has adopted a bill tightening penalties for offenses at railway crossings, including loss of driving license for three months for running a red light.
This is the result of an accident in Sokolniki Suche.
The deputy head of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Piotr Malepszak, will comment on the matter on Radio RMF24.

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Why It Matters

The bill to tighten the penalties is a reversal of last week's accident in Sokolnik Dry, where one person was killed after a truck collided with a train.

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We will ask Piotr Malepszak, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, about railway safety. At Tuesday's meeting, the government adopted a bill tightening penalties for offenses at railway crossings.

The amendment states, among other things, that for entering a railway crossing with a red light, you will lose your driving license for three months. This is the result of last week's accident in Sokolniki Suche (Mazowieckie Voivodeship), after a collision between a truck and an InterCity train, one person died. Are the proposed penalties too lenient?

The conversation will include the construction of a mega airport in Baranów. The works were supposed to start in September, but the investment was delayed. Is it because of lack of money?

We invite you to Piotr Salak's interview just after... 7:00 to the online Radio RMF24, Radio RMF24 Wrocław, to the RMF24.pl website, to the RMF ON application and our social media!

Open Questions

Are the proposed penalties severe enough?
What's the exact reason for the delay in Baranow?