Drivers in Russia are being asked to protest...

It is common in Russia to see cars with a flashing blue light on the roof speeding past lines of cars, particularly on the famously snarled streets of the capital, and they are accused of violating traffic rules, causing jams and threatening other road users" safety.

The Russian Car Owners Federation has launched its nationwide campaign under the motto "Flashing lights are Russia"s shame," and the respected Kommersant daily said Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov and Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov supported the idea.

"We call on motorists to honk when they see the cars with a flashing light driving in a lane against the direction of traffic," Kommersant quoted a leader of the federation"s Moscow branch, Sergei Kanaev, as saying.

Black imported executive-class sedans with flashing blue lights and sometimes sirens or horns have become objects of hate for millions of drivers in Moscow, who spend hours sitting in traffic jams watching the rich and powerful speed

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