Dirty on our roads all the time. And in the Rules there is a strict clause that prescribes to monitor the cleanliness of the headlights. And not following it can cost you money.
Good for owners of cars that are equipped with headlight washers. They don’t have such a question: just pull the stalk lever towards you - and the headlights are clean. Well, or clean to such an extent that the traffic police inspector has no complaints against you. However, the majority cheap cars there is no such option, and headlights are often covered with a layer of dirt through which light cannot penetrate. So, traffic rules (specifically - paragraph 3.3) equate contaminated external lighting fixtures and retroreflectors to non-working in the established mode. According to Article 12.5 of the current Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, such a violation entails a warning or a fine of 500 rubles.
At the same time, according to Article 1.5 "Presumption of innocence" of the same Code:
“The guilt of the person brought to administrative responsibility must be proven in the manner prescribed by the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, the said person is not required to prove his innocence, and irremovable doubts about the guilt of this person must be interpreted in his favor.”
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And reasonably, with the involvement technical means, it is quite difficult to prove that the lighting devices are contaminated. And, as practice shows, few people like to write protocols. It is easier for traffic cops to find another violation (for example, a dirty number) or another “client”, and require the driver to fix the problem on the spot, that is, find a rag and wipe the headlights properly. In this case, it's not worth the hassle. After all, it is about your own safety. Especially if it happens in the dark.
It would seem an obvious fact - dirty headlights light up the road better. However, not everyone pays attention to cleanliness. lighting fixtures your car. Driving instructors told us in detail why dirty headlights are dangerous.
Visibility is limited
In a number of regions, special traffic police raids are constantly carried out, which are aimed at "catching" dirty cars. Most often, drivers with employees, that is, on the spot, clean license plates and windows from dirt.
Remember that this is done only for the safety, and not only yours, but also those around you.
What should you do before leaving?
Here are some tips that will be useful to every motorist:
- If you park your car on the street in winter, then be sure to stock up on brushes and scrapers to clean the windows from snow and ice.
- If the windows in the car are fogged up on the road, try to slightly open the window. Otherwise, it is better to pull over to the side of the road and wipe the surface with a rag.
- Periodically check the operation of the rear wiper and windshield wipers for windshield. If their brushes are worn out, be sure to replace them.
- There should always be washer fluid in the washer fluid reservoir.
- If you do not have heated rear-view mirrors, we advise you to install it.
- Keep your license plates clean.
- Before every ride, especially when it's dirty outside, inspect your headlights and rear brake lights. They must be clean.
Video on how to properly wash headlights and state signs:
Good luck and safe driving!
The article used an image from the site drive2.ru
Penalty for dirty car, of course, it would take place if the state provided for responsibility for a dirty car. Our honest people, seeing a traffic police car from a distance, begin to shake and try not to create any disagreements with the inspectors, as a result of which the pockets of the latter are filled with banknotes, and the drivers themselves find peace, inspiring themselves that it should be so.
But as they say, "Ignorance of the law does not exempt from responsibility and vice versa." Therefore, we will consider some of the nuances in this matter. Many drivers who were stopped because they had a dirty car began frantically to prove that they say the roads are dirty and there are long queues for car washes, they say they didn’t have time, but such motivation is not suitable for the inspector and you still have to pay a fine.
But there are also drivers who, starting from the traffic rules and the administrative code, found weighty arguments that paying for a dirty car was not appropriate and the actions of the traffic police were not legal, as a result of which the drivers received moral satisfaction from a mini-victory, and the inspectors tried to pretend that, they say, go, I'll stop you again later.
This kind of “offense” has the main type of administrative penalty in the form of an oral warning. But, if your rear numbers are dirty and from a distance of 20 meters in dark time it is not possible to read them, then yes, if you please pay. Although in this situation, you can avoid a fine by bringing the license plates in an adequate form at the stop.
But the inspectors bother to introduce these norms into day mode so be careful. Of course, if you get into a traffic accident, then in the protocol about administrative offense the moment that you were driving in a dirty car will be recorded. And in general, the topic of "divorce" in this vein is quite large. Traffic cops can dig into the fact that you have dirty headlights, but I assure you that he will never be able to prove this point in court because the eyes of a traffic police officer have not yet been equated with a certified light flux meter. As a way out of all this, you need to constantly look after your car. But in the conditions of constant movement in big city, this is not always possible.
Pay for a car wash constantly 300-400 rubles, and for complex washing up to 1000 rubles not always profitable, because, to put it mildly, not very clean roads, the hope of keeping the car clean for a long time "melts before our eyes."
Gone are the days when every morning special. machinery washed away all the swamp from the roads. Now the roads best case chemically processed. composition, which, as it were, corrodes all the dirt, but at the same time to all this and the car body. Dirt on the roads has become even more due to the fact that lawns have already become a fashion trend, which are always at a level above the curb and after the seasonal rains begin, the entire swamp begins to drain from them and is simultaneously carried by cars along the roads.
We will sum up. A fine for a dirty car is appropriate if it concerns cars that are located and leave construction sites, taking with them masses of swamps on their bodies and wheels, because initially the article of the law was written mainly only for these cases. To determine how dirty your car is, if it is operated only within the city and does not drive into the swamps, there is no possibility, because. criteria of "dirty" and causing "colossal" damage environment, simply does not exist.
In this situation, you need to rely only on your own adequacy and sober prudence of the traffic police officers and believe that such a gap in the legislation will someday disappear.
“The action “Clean car” begins, traffic police officers will monitor how clean cars from car owners. We ask Muscovites and guests of the capital to prepare for this in advance,” Maxim Liksutov, head of the Moscow Department of Transport, said recently. However, how will inspectors monitor how clean cars are on the roads? And how will they punish violators?
fines
In fact, no punishment for a dirty car in Russian legislation no and never has been. A fine can be issued only for an unreadable license plate. And it is recognized as such if it is impossible to make out at least one letter or number from a distance of 20 meters (in the afternoon for the front and rear number, and at night - only for the rear).
The minimum fine for unreadable numbers is 500 rubles (or even just a warning). Are you being told that an unreadable number is the same as no numbers? Call 02 immediately and report a bribe extortion!
So it’s enough just to wipe the numbers with a cloth from time to time. Well, if the inspector stopped you, then experience shows that it is better not to argue with him. And take a napkin and make the numbers readable. As a rule, in this case, everything is limited to a verbal warning.
However, there is a nuance
If you are driving a truck or big SUV from some swamp and while driving along the highway you scatter pieces of sticky slurry around you, then the punishment may be more serious. Indeed, in this case, the inspector can use Article 12.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. It sounds like this: "road damage, railway crossings or other road structures or technical means of organizing traffic, which poses a threat to road safety, as well as the deliberate creation of interference in road traffic, including by pollution pavement ". And here the penalty is much more serious. For citizens from 5 to 10 thousand rubles, and for organizations - up to 300 thousand.
Therefore, before leaving on clean asphalt after the next Camel Trophy, just wait a couple of minutes. Let the dirt run off the car. In the end, this, at a minimum, will be respect towards other drivers.
