When is the day of the motorist? We learn!

"A car is not a luxury, but a means of transportation" - as the well-known wisdom of the authors of the Golden Calf by I. Ilf and E. Petrov says. Writers looked like in the water, and what else 30 years ago was a sign of consistency and exclusivity, now really became a matter of prime necessity.

Speech, of course, is about personal vehicles. According to statistics, in 2013 the number of cars in Russia was more than 50 million units. And this means that about the same number, or even more, a person has the right to be called the proud word "motorist". Of course, most of this transport is concentrated in large cities, but this in no way affects the prevalence of such a holiday as Motorists Day. Moreover, not always inhabitants of megacities know about it.

When is the Motorist Day officially celebrated in Russia?

Like many other commemorative and professional holidays, this day was officially approved even with the existence of the USSR. The normative legal document fixing the date when the Motorist Day should be celebrated was adopted on October 1, 1980. He claimed this holiday and decided to celebrate it every year on the last Sunday of October. The USSR has long disintegrated, but the decree remained in force so far. So, Motorists Day in 2013 was celebrated on October 27.

And together with Russia it was celebrated also by Ukraine and Byelorussia. True, they have this day unites not only the employees of vehicles, car lovers, and those who service cars, but also employees of the road sector. But in the Russian Federation everything is strictly in this respect. And other categories have their own, separate holidays.

From the above, we already learned when Motorist Day. The holiday of workers of the road authority is celebrated in our country a week earlier, that is on the third Sunday of October. This date is distinguished by a narrower specialization. But Motorist Day is a universal holiday.

Whom, in the first place, should we congratulate on this date?

If you have people close and familiar who have made the road their second home, those who drive their work day, then the last Sunday in October is their date. If you do not think your life without your favorite "iron horse", then this holiday is yours, as well as all other car owners.

And public transport drivers, of course, on this day, too, should be congratulated. There is another category of people who celebrate a professional holiday, when Motorist Day comes into its own - these are mechanics and mechanics, those people without whom your iron friend will not work as a new one.

A small conclusion

This holiday unites different categories of the population who have a common passion - road, speed and, of course, the roar of the engine under the hood. And now, knowing about what day the motorist's day, do not forget this autumn day to wish them a traditional driving "neither a nail nor a rod" from the heart.