Can traffic police fine for lack of a vest

“Should a reflective vest become a mandatory item in the baggage of the driver,” says DEITA.RU.

 

Explanations regarding vests should be started on December 12, 2017, when the government amended the traffic rules section, which regulates the duties of drivers by the new paragraph 2.3.4, which states that in the case of an emergency stop or accident in the city at night or in conditions limited visibility while on the roadway or curb, the driver must be dressed in a jacket, vest or wrap vest with stripes of retro-reflective material.

 

These amendments entered into force in March last year.

 

Thus, the mere absence of a vest in a car is not a violation and is not punishable by fines. Experts note that the reverse information that the fine still exists is artificially supported by sellers of these vests.

 

At the same time, close attention should be paid to the fact that a fine is provided for a driver leaving a car without a reflective vest with reflective tape, outside the city, at night or in conditions of limited visibility. In this case, indeed, such a driver will be fined 500 rubles.

 

But a fine of 1000 rubles is provided under the same conditions, but already in the event of an accident. If the driver responsible for the accident walks around the car without a vest, he will be fined.

 

In other words, it turns out that until the driver stopped at night in the forest and got out of the car without a vest, he did not violate anything. If he had to stop and he went out without a vest – then he will be fined, which will be doubled in case of an accident. So just in case, you need to have a vest in the car, but its absence is not necessary until the conditions specified above are met, it is not punishable by a fine.

 

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