| Agencyname: | State Automobile Inspectorate |
| Nativename: | Traffic Police |
| Abbreviation: | GAI |
| Patch: | Patch of the Traffic police of Russia.svg |
| Patchcaption: | Patch of the GAI |
| Logocaption: | Emblem of the GAI |
| Badge: | Russian Traffic Police Officer Badge.svg |
| Badgecaption: | Badge of the GAI |
| Flag: | Flag of the Main Directorate for Traffic Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.png |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of the GAI |
| Motto: | Serve Russia, Serve the law |
| Preceding1: | GIBDD |
| Country: | Russia |
| Countryabbr: | RUS |
| National: | yes |
| Federal: | yes |
| Sizearea: | 17098242km2 |
| Sizepopulation: | 143,975,923 (2015 est.) |
| Legaljuris: | opsjuris |
| Governingbody: | Police of Russia |
| Police: | Yes |
| Speciality1: | Road |
| Headquarters: | Moscow, Russia |
| Chief1name: | Mikhail Chernikov |
| Chief1position: | Commander |
| Parentagency: | Ministry of Internal Affairs |
| Vehicle1type: | Patrol car |
| Anniversary1: | 3 July |
| Website: | http://www.gibdd.ru/ |
The State Automobile Inspectorate (formerly known as the Main Directorate for Traffic Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (GUOBDD, or Russian: Государственная инспекция безопасности дорожного движения|label=none, ГИБДД, GIBDD) is a federal law enforcement agency of Russia specializing in traffic policing. They are responsible for the regulation of traffic, investigating traffic accidents, and operating stop lights.
The Administration is part of the Public Security Service of the MVD. The Administration has patrol jurisdiction over all Russian highways and roads.
The GAI (Russian: ГАИ|p=ɡɐˈi), short for State Automobile Inspectorate, was formed on July 3, 1936. The GAI was part of the NKVD and actively starts executing tasks: fighting accidents, developing technical standards of operation of vehicles, supervises the preparation and education of drivers. And also keep records of accidents, analyze their causes, accident attracts offenders to justice, manages the issuance of license plates, data sheets, search cars, hiding from the accident scene.
In 1961 it was merged with the Road Traffic Control Department.[1]
During the guerilla phase of the Second Chechen War, as well as during the Insurgency in the North Caucasus, traffic safety officers were regularly targeted by Pro-Ichkerian, and later Jihadist insurgents. They made up a large portion of the law enforcement and Russian government casualties, in addition to FSB, MVD, and GUOOOP members who were assassinated or otherwise killed in action.
After the dissolution of USSR, GAI was renamed GIBDD - General Administration for Traffic Safety. There were rumors from March 2017 that the GIBDD was about to be dissolved until December 2018, as part of Russian police reform and would be merged into the patrol service of the police. The Minister of Internal Affairs denied those rumors.[2]
On May 28, 2024 GIBDD was renamed back to GAI.[3]
Roads Patrol Service (Дорожно-патрульная служба)