Today the State Duma considered on first reading amendments to the law on road traffic safety and the code of administrative offences. When their will, in a Russian driving licence will be nine categories and six sub-categories. Those who have studied driving in vehicles with box-"machine gun", will not be able to control machines with manual gearbox. All previously issued driving licences will remain valid until the end of the specified therein. To change the order of the Russian TRAFFIC POLICE, arguing that avtomotopark becomes more varied, and the old system of categories does not correspond to the level of its development. Category "a", as before, will give the right to drive motorcycles, but with only 18 years of age. Newly introduced sub category A1 permit with 16 years of driving light motorcycles with a cylinder capacity not exceeding 125 cubic centimetres and maximum power of 11 kW (about 15 HP). In the subcategory of "B1" will include tricycles and ATVs, which allow control from 18 years. The category "D", which now gives the right to manage both by bus and large buses, edit, raising the minimum age of a driver with 20 years to 21 years. In addition, the category "D" will be only vehicles with more than eight passenger seats, but to the subcategory "D1"-buses with the number of seats from 8 to 16. The category "VE", "SE", "DE" and "C1e" subcategory "and" D1E "will share the road trains and articulated buses. In addition, it is planned to introduce a new category of "Tm" (trams) and Tb "(trolley). Drivers who have passed examinations on a machine with "automatic" will not be able to take the "mechanics", as in the driving permit will be the appropriate mark. Those who learned to ride on the "mechanics" and passed the examination, to drive a car with automatic transmission allowed.