Fine for driving without license plates from 2021: on a new car and motorcycle

Rein for a motorcyclist. zr.ru the rigors of motorcyclists outrage even violators on four wheels. Previous attempts to rein in the “two-wheelers” did not bring anything drastic, now here is another one... But is it possible to rein in, in principle?
Even violators on four wheels are outraged by the arrogance of motorcyclists. Previous attempts to rein in the “two-wheelers” did not bring anything drastic, now here is another one... But is it possible to rein in, in principle?

Convince with fines!

The leader of the Night Wolves motorcycle club, the Surgeon (Alexander Zaldostanov), made it clear that it is unlikely: the motorcycle is more compact than a car, with better acceleration dynamics, “and it would be stupid not to use these advantages.” The city authorities are not giving up - they are preparing to install “specialized” speed cameras specifically for motorcycles.

The devices are special, the deputy said. Head of the Moscow Traffic Management Center Dmitry Kaluzhsky on the website m24.ru. They will be located at a special angle and will be able to read rear license plates. That is, there will be more people fined, and this lesson will discourage violations.

Motocitizen program coordinator Pavel Soskov suggests a different reaction: owners will begin to deregister motorcycles en masse with the traffic police, ride without license plates, and electronic control devices will simply not be able to identify violators and issue fines. Then traffic police inspectors, Soskov believes, will rush to catch violators, and races around the city will begin, which will not lead to good things.

Chasing a motorcyclist.

Riding a motorcycle without license plates

Almost every year, with the onset of spring warmth, every motorist thinks about buying a motorcycle. This move would allow them to avoid prolonged standing in kilometer-long traffic jams, this problem is especially relevant for large cities. Of course, you don’t even have to think about the fact that there are many positive aspects to purchasing such a vehicle, but only in a situation where such a motorcycle is not officially registered.

For example, in this situation:

There is no need to pay transport tax.
Cameras will not be able to issue taxes for exceeding the speed limit.

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On all evenings, hundreds of two-wheelers gather on this “balcony”, on Friday so many that there is not enough space. With license plates there is a little more than without them. This is not a local feature: there are a lot of “encrypted” motorcycles and scooters (subject to registration) not only in the capital. Why and why? The question was asked to one of those on Smotrovaya whose motorcycle was registered, with a number.

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No numbers, no comments.
No numbers, no comments.

— Personally, I registered it out of naivety - this is my first motorcycle. Now I’m going to change it and won’t register the next one. How why? Few people understand this, but on motorcycles it is simply impossible not to exceed the speed limit. And what, for every jerk you get a fine?.. In addition, it happens that, through the fault of the car driver, you scratch his car - when you drive between the rows, and he deliberately swerves in your direction to scare you. Then wait for hours until a fair inspector arrives and makes you guilty?.. And if you leave without a number, no one will look for you.

What is the penalty for numbers (unreadable, hidden, upside down)

Hiding numbers in 2021 is punishable by more severe penalties. And a fine is not the only punishment here. For a deliberately hidden license plate, a fine of 5,000 rubles or deprivation of rights for 1-3 months (by decision of the official or judge considering the case) is imposed under Part 2 of Article 12.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. Only driving a car with hidden license plates is punishable in the same way. For driving a vehicle whose license plates are installed outside the place provided by the design, in 2021 you will also be punished under Part 2 of Article 12.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.

Including if you put the license plates behind the glass in the car, and even if they are clearly visible from 20 meters away. So, the very first part of Article 12.2 states that the driver is subject to a warning or a fine of 500 rubles for unreadable license plates. Please note that a fine is imposed only for driving a car with unreadable license plates or one license plate. If the car is stationary, there is no fine for this. But the most severe punishment in terms of car license plates awaits the driver for driving with false license plates.

Let's imagine a not very common situation: entry into the closed territory of an organization using passes issued for a car number, and a camera that records the number and automatically opens the barrier, if there is one in the database. You arrived in a different car, but took with you the number registered in the database and put it on top of the current number in order to drive through the barrier.

Everyone on dedicated time!

The traffic police of the Russian Federation told us that the problem of high-speed recklessness of “two-wheelers” has been around for a long time (at least for the last 30 years, since the premiere of the film “Pokrovsky Gates,” the hero of which exclaimed about a motorcyclist: “Catching up with Savransky is a utopia!”). Employees of regional road service departments visit motorcycle clubs and conduct explanatory work. Now, with the installation of speed recorders, the results of the fight against “bullet gunners” should improve.

Let's assume. And those who move between the rows of cars, let them drive like that? Or has experience (not only ours, but the world’s) led to the conclusion that it is pointless to fight this? Indeed, in the minds of anyone who has “sniffed gunpowder” behind a horned steering wheel, no matter how much you forbid it, it is still “stupid not to use” the dimensional and dynamic advantages of a motorcycle. Then the next step is to introduce the appropriate clause into the traffic rules, dividing the responsibilities of drivers of both motorcycles and cars.

And at the same time, legitimize in the rules the ability to travel on wide dedicated lanes for public transport - so that there is less dangerous maneuvering and leaking between the rows. A corresponding experiment conducted in Moscow showed the feasibility of such a movement; it can be expected that the right of motorcyclists to ride on allocated roads will be secured. But this should be a law not only in Moscow, because the allocated areas were outlined not only in the capital.

Riding without a helmet

An important attribute of a motorcyclist is a helmet. It provides protection and reduces the risk of injury in an accident. Its presence is mandatory in accordance with paragraph 2.1.2 of the Traffic Regulations:

The driver of a manual vehicle is obliged, when driving a vehicle equipped with seat belts, to be fastened and not to carry passengers who are not wearing seat belts. When driving a motorcycle, wear a fastened motorcycle helmet and do not carry passengers without a fastened motorcycle helmet.

And the lack of protection on the bike driver is regulated by Article 12.6 of the Code of Administrative Offences:

Driving a vehicle by a driver who is not wearing a seat belt, transporting passengers not wearing seat belts if the design of the vehicle provides for seat belts, as well as driving a motorcycle or moped or transporting passengers on a motorcycle without motorcycle helmets or wearing unfastened motorcycle helmets shall entail the imposition of... a fine in the amount of one thousand rubles .

Punishment will follow not only for the lack of protection on the driver, but also if it is not on the passenger. An important point is that the helmet must not only be put on the head, but also fastened correctly. A dangling harness is a reason to fine a motorcyclist 1,000 rubles. The helmet must also match the size of your head.

Traffic blindness

But again, if the motorcycle does not have a license plate, the all-seeing eye of the registrar will not detect the offender. The traffic police told us about the topic “without a license plate,” and educational work is also underway. And not without result: a relapse of conscience occurred. At the end of May, 15 guys from Ulan-Ude in a single impulse “came out of hiding” - they came to the MREO to register their motorcycles.

Still, this is a separate precedent. It is impossible to estimate the general result of the educational activities of police officers throughout the country: stat. There is no data on the increase or decrease in illegally driven motorcycles (because there cannot be). According to our observations, illegal immigrants are multiplying in proportion to the growth of the all-Russian fleet of motor vehicles. That is, in absolute terms, there are more of them on the roads.

Traveling with a passenger

The rules for transporting a passenger on a motorcycle apply not only to the presence of both helmets that are well secured on their heads. There is another nuance reflected in Resolution No. 333:

Transportation of people on a motorcycle must be carried out by a driver who has a driver’s license for the right to drive a vehicle of category “A” or ... “A1” for 2 or more years, transportation of people on a moped must be carried out by a driver who has a driver’s license for the right to drive a vehicle of any category or subcategory for 2 or more years.

It is assumed that only a motorcyclist with at least 2 years of driving experience will be able to ensure the safety of the passenger and not threaten other road users.

If a self-confident driver who recently received a license is stopped while transporting people, he will be fined. Such a violation falls under Article 12.23 of the Code and is punishable by payment of 500 rubles.

There are also important features regarding the transportation of passengers:

Children under 12 years of age must not be seated in the back seat of a motorcycle. This is regulated by clause 22.9 of the traffic rules.
It is prohibited to carry extra passengers. This means there should be as many of them as there are seats. The rule is written in paragraph 22.8 of the traffic rules.

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The equipment cannot catch motorcycles without license plates - this is the job of traffic inspectors in the flesh. However, says Viktor Pokhmelkin, chairman of the Russian Motorists Movement, traffic inspectors have not “noticed” them for a long time. Yes, many of us are witnesses to these attacks of “blindness”. And the police, unlike the rest of us, have no idea where and how to find and punish moto-fuckers. Will it be the same in future? We asked a question to an employee of the Main Directorate of Road Traffic Safety of the Russian Federation. Answer: there was no social order for the capture of motorcycles without license plates.

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Not far from Smotrovaya: judging by the working emergency lights on the roadway, there has been an accident.
Passat and motorcycle got into contact. It's nice to see the culprit and the victim talking peacefully, but what's next? The arriving traffic inspector will demand to see the MTPL insurance policies, but since the motorcycle does not have a registration number, the motorcycle owner does not have insurance... Most likely, the traffic police were not called, they came to a mutually beneficial solution. But what if the culprit of the collision turned out to be the “numberless” one who runs away? Not far from Smotrovaya: judging by the working emergency lights on the roadway, there has been an accident. Passat and motorcycle got into contact. It's nice to see the culprit and the victim talking peacefully, but what's next? The arriving traffic inspector will demand to see the MTPL insurance policies, but since the motorcycle does not have a registration number, the motorcycle owner does not have insurance... Most likely, the traffic police were not called, they came to a mutually beneficial solution. But what if the culprit of the collision turned out to be the “numberless” one who runs away?

If the car is parked or parked?

And in this case, there is no violation in 2021. Under Part 2 of Article 12.2, driving without registration plates is punishable. But the mere fact of lack of license plates does not entail any punishment.

But please note that the exception to non-punished parking without a state license is paid parking in Moscow. They can take any car to an impound lot if it is parked without at least one front or rear license plate.

They are tramps due to immaturity

Or with motorcyclists it needs to be completely different. As the unforgettable Savva Ignatyich from “Pokrovsky Gates” would say, “a spitstikhel is one thing, and a bolshtikhel is quite another.” Depending on the material. The material here is unusual. In the “two-wheeled” community there is a high concentration of people who are desperate by nature, with high self-esteem and a highly developed ego (that’s why they chose the “egoist transport”). Public opinion and formalized frameworks of behavior mean little to them. The highest value is the motorcycle and everything connected with it, and the inevitable side of life (work, society, sometimes family) must “serve” the opportunity to enjoy this value. The admonitions “you must comply” are hard on the soul, even under the gun of thousands of cameras. Rather, they cause a backlash.

Proof of this is the photograph from nature with which we opened the material: it is clear that this is not even shocking, but a mockery, a challenge to public opinion and the order called traffic rules. (Photo has not been processed in Photoshop.)

One of the oldest organizers of the domestic motorcycle movement, Nikolai Ignatiev, an honorary member of the HD motorcycle club, said this about the numberless ones:

— Everyone who rides motorcycles is, by definition, decent guys. But some are immature. One of our own needs to explain: you are doing something that does not command respect. If you don’t want to hang up your number, drive through forests and abandoned quarries. There you can. If you use the roads and their infrastructure, which cost money, follow the road rules and pay the tax.

In fact, the reaction to one’s own words is not at all the same as to the “work done” by teachers in uniform, even over a glass of tea. It is unlikely that respected motorcycle veterans will refuse if they are offered to “fix the brains” of the unenlightened... This method of “brainwashing” is not a panacea, but one can hope for an effect. And look for other tools for fine work with the consciousness of “two-wheeled people”.

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PS . To the attention of motorcyclists who are drawn to irony and sarcasm: joke skillfully!

Two grammatical errors were made in the two-word text placed on the mock license plate (pictured). The second word should be separated by a comma, since it acts as an interjection. After an interjection expressing a feeling, an exclamation point is placed.

Another mistake. For imitation of a license plate, you can be slapped with a fine of 5 thousand rubles. or deprive of a driver’s license for up to three months (clause 12.2. of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation). If, of course, you have rights.

On a motorcycle: without license plates and without a king in your head

Fine for driving without a front or rear license plate, as well as with false license plates

After this, the owner of the vehicle, who did not promptly address the issue of registration and obtaining legitimate license plates, will be subject to a fine of 500 rubles. (Article 12.1 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation). If a repeated violation of this paragraph is detected, a fine of ten times the amount is possible - 5,000 rubles. — or confiscation of a driver’s license for a period of up to three months . Driving a vehicle without license plates, as well as driving with license plates that cannot be identified, is one of the most serious violations of traffic rules. It entails administrative liability.

In which case is a fine imposed for driving without license plates, and in which case is one deprived of a driver’s license? If a recently purchased car has transit plates, this is, of course, convenient: there is no need to pay taxes, and there is no one to present a traffic violation to anyone, since the vehicle is not officially registered registered.

Driving with poorly readable license plates (stained with dirt, having a non-standard format) - a verbal warning or a fine of 500 rubles. ;
driving with unreadable license plates (if special means are used to disguise them) - 5,000 rubles. or withdrawal of rights for up to 3 months ;
driving without a front number plate or driving without a rear number plate - 5,000 rubles. or deprivation of rights for up to 3 months ;
driving without both license plates - 5,000 rubles. or withdrawal of rights for up to 3 months .