Recently, quite often, having given way to the sound of an ambulance, which, probably, is in a hurry to help someone, the motorist sees that the sound was made by an ordinary car.
Some motorists illegally install sound and light signals intended for fire and police vehicles in order to move faster in heavy traffic. We will consider which car owner faces a fine for a special signal intended for special vehicles.
There are two types of special signals: sound and light, which are popularly called siren and flasher. Their purpose is to warn of the approach of special vehicles, which are given priority on the road by traffic rules.
Varieties of cars with special signals.
As a rule, such cars are not only equipped with sound and light special signals, but also have special color schemes applied to the surface, which make it possible to identify which department the car belongs to.
When any special signals are illegally installed on an ordinary car, serious penalties await the car owner.
You should be aware that an administrative fine will be issued for the unauthorized installation of a special signal on vehicles, but for driving with illegally installed flashing lights or sirens turned on, a more serious punishment will be imposed.
Varieties of special signals
The guests have developed devices for giving sound signals by vehicles of various services: ambulance, firemen, police, etc. They differ from each other in a certain spectral composition of the sound.
There are the following types of special lighting devices:
- Blue colors have flashing lights designed for emergency vehicles. In particular: ambulances, firefighters, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, police, emergency gas service, as well as cars of top officials of the Russian Federation.
- Blue flashers with an additional red color are equipped with traffic police, FSB, FSO, VAI vehicles and vehicles escorting or taking part in organized columns.
- Orange or yellow light signals on tow trucks; machines intended for the repair and construction of roads; vehicles carrying heavy and dangerous goods.
- White-lunar color signals are equipped with cash collection cars, cars transporting valuable goods, cars of the Federal Postal Service. On the surface of all these machines, except for flashing lights, special color schemes must be applied.
In order to equip vehicles with a beacon of blue or blue and red colors, as well as special sound signals, permission from the traffic police is required.
After receiving it, a corresponding note is made in the vehicle registration certificate. To install a flasher of a different color, permission is not needed.
Road rules regarding cars with special signals
In subparagraphs 3 of paragraph SDA, all the rights of vehicles with special signals are considered.
Punishment for the use of special signaling devices.
Recall what advantages vehicles have during the use of special sound and light signals laid down in the Rules of the Road:
- Cars with flashing beacons of blue or blue together with red have priority during traffic only if the flasher and siren are switched on simultaneously. Drivers of other vehicles are obliged in all situations to give way to them and in no case overtake, so as not to impede rapid movement. Therefore, traffic rules oblige them to monitor the inclusion of turn signals on such vehicles.
- The use of orange or yellow flashing lights does not give the cars on which they are installed any advantage on the road. Their purpose is to warn drivers of other vehicles about the danger associated with the transported cargo.
- Special signals of white-lunar color do not give any advantage during road traffic to the cars on which they are installed. They are turned on in order to attract the attention of police officers to the cars. The sound special signal is activated only when an attack is made on a car carrying money or valuable goods.
For ignoring the considered points of the road rules, the Administrative Code provides for punishment. Moreover, not only a fine, but also deprivation of the driver's license for some time.
Sanctions related to the illegal installation of special signals
For unauthorized installation of means for supplying special sound or light signals, as well as applying special color schemes to a car, the punishment is provided for by Article 12.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.
Punishment for the installation of special signals.
According to part 1 of the article, they are punished for installing lighting devices on vehicles in the wrong places and in the wrong color, which is indicated by the requirements of the annex to the SDA. Fans of incorrectly installed xenon will be punished precisely for this part of the article.
To do this, you must have time to make a payment within 20 days from the date of imposition of the sanction, and not receiving a copy of the Resolution on an administrative offense. Only the fine should not be issued by installments or deferred payment.
Punishment for unauthorized use of flashing lights and sirens
Types of punishments for citizens, officials and legal entities.
For driving a car with sound and light signals installed without special permission, a motorist will be punished under Part 4 of Art. 12.5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. This part of the article also provides for the confiscation of equipment.
Under the current legislation, rights are deprived only in the courtroom, therefore, only the judge has the authority to choose the term of punishment.
For the illegal use of a lamp of a passenger taxi, as well as an identification mark, a disabled driver will be fined 5,000 rubles and confiscated objects of an administrative offense under Part 4.1. Art. 12.5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.
Expert opinion
Natalya Alekseevna
The car owner, for the use of unauthorized devices while driving, emitting sound and light signals of special services, will be punished under Part 5 of Art. 12.5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. He will be deprived of his driver's license for 1.5-2 years, and his equipment will be confiscated.
What threatens if you do not miss a car with special signals
Penalty or disqualification for failure to provide benefits.
Every year more and more motorists do not let ambulances, fire trucks, emergency gas transport and even police cars with sirens and flashing lights on. They not only violate traffic rules, but do not allow timely assistance to needy citizens.
Therefore, there will be an active debate about toughening the punishment for drivers who have not missed a special vehicle on which flashing lights and sirens are installed.
To date, a motorist who did not let a car with a special signal pass will be punished under Part 2 of Art. 12.17 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. It provides for two sanctions - a fine and temporary deprivation of a driver's license.
For not allowing a car with a special signal, the driver may be fined a minimum administrative fine of 500 rubles or deprived of a license for 1-3 months. The legislation does not provide for the possibility to pay this penalty with a 50% discount.
Outcome
The Administrative Code provides for punishment both for the fact that drivers illegally installed sound and light signals on their cars intended for special vehicles, but did not use them while driving, and for driving with special signals.
If in the first case a large administrative fine is imposed, which can be paid with a 50% discount, then in the second case the violator will be deprived of a driver's license.
For driving with special signals installed, a motorist will be deprived of a license for 1-1.5 years, and for driving with sound or light signals turned on, the rights will be withdrawn for 1.5-2 years.
In any case, unauthorized equipment will be confiscated. Drivers, in violation of traffic rules, who did not let cars with special signals turned on, will be fined 500 rubles or deprived of their rights for 1-3 months. Good luck on the roads!
Special signals can be light or sound. They are served using a special device, the installation of which requires permission. You can get it from the traffic police. After reviewing the documents in the registration certificate, the traffic police officer will make the necessary mark, after which the driver acquires the right to use a special signal. Their use without permission is strictly prohibited and subject to fines.
For car installation
Even if you just install an unauthorized signal on the car, you will be fined (Article 12.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, Part 2). Individuals upon detection of violations of this kind will pay 5,000 rubles. Officials are punished for a large amount - for them the fine will be 20,000 rubles. Legal entities will be charged with the payment of 500,000 rubles.
For driving a car
A motorist who dares to drive a car with a signaling device without a permit issued according to the rules risks losing his rights for a period of 12-18 months (Article 12.5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, part 4). The devices are removed. Liability also arises if the devices are available but not put into operation. Otherwise, the punishment will be more severe.
When driving
If you turn on a special signal installed in violation of the rules, the deprivation of rights will be for a period of 18 to 24 months. Devices are confiscated. Responsibility comes in accordance with Article 12.5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, part 5.
For serving while driving
If you use light or sound signaling devices while driving, you run the risk of being fined unless you have a special permit. If it is not registered with the traffic police, the responsible person may be deprived of the right to drive the vehicle for a period of 1.5-2 years, while devices that violate the rules are subject to confiscation. Administrative responsibility will be imputed, Article 12.5, part 5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses is applied for sentencing.
Reference. If the fine is paid within 20 days from the date of the decision, its amount will be halved. In situations where the execution of a court order has been delayed or is being carried out in installments, the payment of the fine is made in full.
The concept of a sound signal
In regulatory enactments, special signals are given the following definition - flashing beacons, can be blue-red or only blue, can be equipped with a device for transmitting sound. A special signal is a combination of light and sound, foreshadowing the approach of a police car, ambulance, fire brigade. Equipment equipped with such a signal has a special status. When special conditions are met, all other vehicles must give way to them.
The provision of GOST, which contains a description of the concept, applies to cars, as well as motorcycles and buses belonging to operational services.
According to the rules, a device capable of emitting sounds of a certain spectral composition acts as a device for supplying sound special signals. It does not apply to the structural elements of the vehicle - the special one differs from the usual sound signal in the spectrum of sounds (clause 11, article 3 GOST). Installation is carried out according to the permission issued by the traffic police.
Flashing beacons - "flashing lights" are used to give light signals and must have the colors established by GOST, a certain duration of glow and flashing frequency (clause 12, article 3 GOST). The light device does not apply to the elements that are included in the design of the vehicle. Installation requires a special permit.
Types of "flashing lights"
- Blue (for services 01, 02, 03, 04).
- Red and blue (traffic police, FSB, escort vehicles intended for organized convoys).
- Orange and yellow (evacuation, road special equipment, vehicles carrying goods of non-standard dimensions, dangerous, with considerable weight).
- Moon-white signal (used for cash collection vehicles, FPS transport).
Orange, white and yellow "flashing lights" do not belong to special signals and do not provide an advantage when driving on highways. Such signals are used only for the convenience of driving on roads. Drivers of special equipment equipped with such devices may not follow certain rules when driving.
Terms of use
The installation is considered lawful if the owner of the car has bothered to obtain the appropriate permission from the traffic police. Vehicles belonging to official organizations pass the necessary checks in a timely manner to obtain documents. Devices called special signals and used to give light or sound signals must be certified in accordance with the rules approved by the State Standard.
The instruction for obtaining permission to use special signals is approved by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. 194. In the registration certificate of the car, this fact must be confirmed by a special mark. Representatives of the traffic police when stopping such vehicles will be able to immediately establish the fact of illegal use of equipment.
Reference. An uncertified device cannot be referred to as a "special sound/light signal". It does not belong to the category of special signals. In controversial situations, lawyers can use this fact as a loophole to build a defense.
Who is supposed to?
Sound special signals can be used by drivers of vehicles of state organizations, such as the FSB, the police, the Prosecutor General's Office, the Ministry of Defense, Ambulance, firefighters and other organizations that have the authority to take urgent action to protect the lives of citizens and their health.
The changes affected passenger vehicles of professional emergency rescue services and professional emergency rescue teams that are not included in the system of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Relief, devices for supplying special light and sound signals in the presence of special color graphic schemes on the outside the surfaces of these vehicles are not installed.
So, let's look at an excerpt from the Decree and see who is allowed to set a special signal.
Devices for supplying special light and sound signals in the presence of special color schemes on the outer surface of vehicles are equipped with:
- vehicles of the fire brigade, police, ambulance, professional emergency rescue services, professional emergency rescue teams, military automobile inspection, military police of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, used to carry out urgent actions to protect the life and health of citizens;
- special operational vehicles of the penitentiary system for the transportation of persons in custody;
Controversial situations of traffic violations
According to the characteristics, special signals include signals that, when turned on, change the tone with a certain frequency. Information about this can be found in the prescription. If the characteristics specified in the data sheet of the device do not comply with GOST, the person cannot be accused of using special signals.
Option - a device that does not comply with GOST can be called a dummy. If, for example, there are no structural elements in it, it does not apply to special signals. There is no liability for the installation of dummies.
The driver can also file a complaint against representatives of the traffic police, if he believes that the procedure for bringing him to administrative responsibility has been violated in relation to him. The complaint is filed with higher authorities, it is better to go directly to the court. The decision will be made on the basis of the circumstances surrounding the particular situation.
How can the DPS prove guilt?
The vehicle, being stopped by the traffic police, can be checked for violations. Representatives of regulatory authorities can check whether they have been installed in violation of the accepted rules. The fact of illegal use of the device is established very simply- It is worth checking the documents for the car.
Copies of documents confirming the violation can be attached to the protocol left at the place of detention of the vehicle - a certificate of registration of the vehicle, in which there is no mark allowing special signals. At the discretion of traffic police officers, photos, videos, testimonies can be attached.
Useful video
The video below explains what penalties are provided for installing and using a special signal without permission.
Conclusion
Installation and use is permitted only for the transport of authorities authorized to provide assistance to the population. The priority of such a decision is safety when driving on the roads.
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Recently, the prospect of getting a fine for special sound signals installed on a car is becoming more and more real. The re-equipment of passenger cars and civil service vehicles with specific signals imitating various exotic sounds is gaining particular popularity.
Before making such an improvement, you will need to figure out how this procedure is legal and legal. The threat of fines is one of the strongest incentives to initiate thorough research.
Special Signal Penalty
The signal in the car plays an extremely important role. It is designed to prevent traffic accidents by informing road users and pedestrians about their approach. The word warn has nothing to do with some of the frightening and unpleasant sounds (quacks) that are actively used by motorists today.
From the factory, the machine is usually equipped with a low, monotonous horn sound. In case of unauthorized appearance of sound equipment in the car, you will have to pay the so-called cracker fine if the changes were made without the appropriate permission:
- individuals will need to lay out 20 minimum wages;
- officials - 200 minimum wages;
- enterprises are subject to a fine of 5,000 minimum wages.
In all of these cases, the device will be removed and confiscated. If, nevertheless, a cracker is installed on a car, a fine in the case of driving such a vehicle will be the least problem. Administrative liability is provided - deprivation of rights for a period of 1 to 1.5 years.
The fine for special signal installations for drivers of their own cars will be at least 2,000 rubles. Such measures are due to the fact that, according to the legislation of the Russian Federation, special sound signals can only be installed on specialized vehicles of such services:
- police;
- ambulance;
- fire department;
- Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation and the Military Automobile Inspectorate of the Russian Federation.
Illegal installation of special signaling installations with sound parameters that differ from permissible standards on a car - a fine in the form of an administrative penalty will be provided to the car owner. According to the regulations, it is a violation to use equipment that emits a sound different from the standard two-tone in the range of 150 - 2,000 hertz. The pressure level itself should not exceed 125 decibels. Installation of any other special signaling equipment on a car is a fine.
Penalty for using special signals
Since today the minimum wage for calculating fines is 100 rubles, it turns out that a fine for a special sound signal will cost such groups of violators the following amounts:
- individuals will need to pay 2,000 rubles;
- officials - 20,000 rubles;
the amount of the penalty of 500,000 rubles was determined for enterprises.
Penalty for installing special singals
Punishments for installing sound signals on cars have recently become much tougher, and fines have grown decently. Legal entities already in the first case of violation must immediately pay half a million rubles, which exceeds the cost of some new modern cars. Everything is aimed at ensuring that it is safe to drive on the roads. Thus, if there was an unauthorized installation of special signals on the car, the fine will have to be paid sooner or later.
Lawyers of the Legal Solution Company can help with legal support of cases related to the illegal decision of the State Road Safety Inspectorate, if there is a reason to appeal them in court. We are ready to provide comprehensive consulting services at all stages of legal proceedings.
Russian drivers sometimes encounter on the roads such a phenomenon as installing special signals not on a special service car, but on an ordinary car. Who can set such signals, and who violates traffic rules in this way, is described in detail in the article.
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Who is allowed to set special signals
There are 2 types of special signals that vehicles (TS) are equipped with - light and sound. A light device or a flashing beacon, a flasher is required to give a signal with a light of a certain color, with a certain frequency and duration. So, special services vehicles are equipped with blue and red flashing lights, yellow or orange - vehicles transporting unsafe cargo, children, or serving the road, white - collection and postal services.
Did you know? The first rules for driving on the roads were developed by Julius Caesar and introduced in ancient Rome. In particular, they included categories of vehicles and a ban on women driving chariots.
Flashing beacons are stationary and removable. The light device can be supplemented by a signal loudspeaker - SGU, or in the popular "quack". This is a system that can give loud alerts while driving. With it, the driver of a special vehicle can convey information or a request to stop to other drivers. The alarm device is not standard. It is mounted on the machine additionally. Light fixtures should be installed on or above the roof. If this is not possible, then they should be clearly visible to all road users.
The legislation contains a certain list of services and persons entitled to equip vehicles with special signals. The installation rules are regulated by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 548 of July 30, 2007 and Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 14 of January 22, 2019. According to the latest document, the use of special signals in Russia is allowed for 569 cars. Permission to install flashing lights and sound devices with the obligatory addition on the body of special inscriptions, color schemes have cars of the fire service, police, ambulance, emergency service, military automobile inspection, investigative authorities, drug control services, which are used to protect health or save people's lives.
Important! For violation of the requirement to pass vehicles with blue or red beacons and a sound device turned on, they face a fine of 2.5 thousand rubles. or deprivation of a driver's license for 1-3 months.
Vehicles with built-in and switched on special signals, in accordance with paragraph 3 of the SDA, have a number of advantages when moving, among which is the permission to ignore traffic lights, if this does not provoke a dangerous situation. Other road users are required to let pass the vehicle equipped with a red or blue flashing light. At the same time, for machines that have the right to an advantage, the body must also be pasted over with special color schemes, inscriptions and symbols.
Yellow beacons, according to clause 3.4. SDA, can put cars carrying out work on the roadway, carrying children, large or dangerous goods, accompanying columns of cyclists. There is no requirement to pass such transport. They turn on flashing lights only to draw the attention of other participants to the possibility of danger. A permit to equip yellow beacons is not required. White beacons, in accordance with clause 3.6. SDA, may include cash and postal services, but only in a situation where they are attacked. So they can report it to the police.
What is the penalty for special signals
A driver who has installed a device on his car that gives sound or light signals, and does not have the right to do so, violates the law. Responsibility for violation is provided for in Art. 12.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. A driver who drives a vehicle illegally equipped with a flasher or siren is punished under Art. 12.5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. Thus, there are different responsibilities for equipping special signals and driving vehicles equipped with such devices.
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Signals of the first type
Signals of the first type - blue / red - can be equipped with a car only after receiving the appropriate permit from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. For illegal installation of special signals that emit blue and red light and make a sound, a fine of 5 thousand rubles is prescribed. In addition to the fine, the administrative code provides for the confiscation of appliances as a punishment. If the special signals were mounted on the car by an official, then he may be fined 20 thousand rubles, legal - 500 thousand. At the same time, the flasher and SGU are also subject to seizure.
Driving a vehicle illegally equipped with light and loud-speaking devices is punishable by deprivation of a driver's license for 12-18 months with the removal of devices. Illegal use of beacons and DGS while driving leads to the suspension of the driver's license for 18-24 months and these devices. Measures are also provided for the use of a stroboscope, regardless of what color it transmits and where it is placed - on the body or in the cabin. In part 1 of Art. 12.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses states that the driver who installed such a device will have to pay 3 thousand rubles.
Signals of the second type
The use of yellow beacons is not a violation and is not punishable by law. A driver who uses signals of the second type when driving will be brought to punishment only in a situation if he violates traffic rules. Its type and size will depend on which rule the driver of the vehicle violated.
Important! If the driver of the car did not turn on the yellow beacon at the time of road work, transportation of large or unsafe goods, escort of a bicycle column, he faces a warning or a fine of 500 rubles. (Article 12.20 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Failure to turn on the yellow signal when transporting children is punishable by a fine of 3 thousand rubles. (part 4 of article 12.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).
Signals of the third type
Permission is not required for the installation of white beacons. They can be equipped with cars of the Russian Post, cars of collectors and vehicles transporting valuable cargo. There is no point in installing such devices for ordinary motorists, since they do not provide any advantages, but, on the contrary, attract the attention of the police. The law does not provide for punishment for the installation of white beacons.
Is it possible to avoid punishment
Illegal installation of special signals is a serious offence. This is evidenced, in particular, by the fact that the government and the President pay increased attention to it, regulating this issue by resolutions and decrees, therefore, it is impossible to justify a driver who has installed and moves in a car with a flashing light or SGU, but does not have the right to do so. Such a person will not be able to avoid a fine or confiscation of rights. The only circumstance that can mitigate the punishment is Art. 32.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, which provides that if the penalty amount is paid within 20 days from the day the decision was issued, then the driver can pay only 50%.
So, it is forbidden to mount and use special signals without having the right to do so. Punishment will follow for the misuse of blue and red flashing lights and loudspeakers. Sanctions have been established not only for driving a car with signaling devices, but also for installing such devices. How much you have to pay for a violation depends on whether the driver is an ordinary citizen or an official, and whether the car belongs to a legal entity.
Installing distinctive signals intended for special vehicles is prohibited at the legislative level. Therefore, fines are provided for the illegal installation of special signals. In the presented material, we will tell you in more detail and possible sanctions for flashing beacons installed illegally.
Who is allowed to set special signals
Traffic rules prohibit the installation of special signals on ordinary cars. The list of vehicles that can use special flashing lights and sounds is approved by Decree of the President of Russia No. 635.
These include cars:
- Ambulance;
- police, traffic police, road patrol;
- firefighters, Ministry of Emergency Situations;
- military prosecutor's office, FSB;
- state structures of the highest echelons of power.
These vehicles, in case of official necessity, include special identification signals: sound and light. Without special need, employees of institutions should not use their advantage.
Special signals are not a standard device on all cars; to install it, you need to obtain permission from the traffic police. The certificate of registration of the car is stamped with the appropriate permission.
To do this, it is required to pay the amount of the fine, taking into account the reduction factor, no later than 20 days from the moment the punishment was imposed, and not from the day the offender received the decision on administrative punishment. At the same time, there is no installment plan or deferred payment for payment; you will have to pay the amount in full if the grace period has been missed. You can pay the fine on our.
Summary
Every year, the number of cases where the ambulance, fire or other transport increases. Citizens are not even afraid of a possible fine, since the amount of the sanction for not allowing cars with a special signal is insignificant, only 500 rubles, in some cases you can lose your driver's license for 1-3 months (part 2 of article 12.17 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation). Therefore, for several years there has been a debate to toughen the penalties for this offense. The specified penalty cannot be paid with a 50% discount.
You should not take risks and illegally install devices with sound and light signals, since if this fact is discovered, the violator will face a fine, and for driving such a car, they may even be banned from driving for up to two years.
