Approaches to increasing environmental safety in road transportation of dangerous goods

Transportation of hazardous substances and cargo is the most strictly regulated type of road transportation. As a rule, the organization of such transportation is prepared according to certain rules and standards, accompanied by highly qualified specialists at all stages of preparation and implementation. Despite this, any motor vehicle accident involving exhaust gas entails not only a threat to the life of the driver, a fire on the road, material damage, but also serious environmental problems. Let us note that more than two-thirds of these types of environmental problems are related to the road transport of hazardous substances. The article reveals the topic of environmental approaches to organizing events and making technological decisions in matters of transportation of dangerous goods, and examines aspects of state legal regulation of this field of activity.