Some time ago it was a great stroke of luck to see LEDs on a car driving on public roads. And now such machines come across quite often. We must pay tribute to the manufacturers of light sources of this type: modern models of “LEDs” designed for halogen headlights ensure the correct configuration of the luminous flux – they do not dazzle oncoming traffic and illuminate the road well. However, the replacement of regular “halogens” with “LEDs” is illegal, as it constitutes an interference with the design of the vehicle.
Earlier, after discovering such “blasphemy”, the traffic police selected non-standard lamps and issued the driver “under denial of a VU” for “violation of the rules for installing devices on a vehicle for providing special light signals – according to Art . 12.4 of the Code of Administrative Violations. But a few years ago, the Supreme Court plenum decided that if, as a result of such interference, the light of the headlight and its operation remained unchanged, it was impossible to deprive the driver of “rights”. Since his offense in this case only falls under the innocent Art. 12.20 Administrative Code – violation of the rules for the use of lighting equipment. The maximum penalty for this is 500 ₽ fine. Here the traffic police officers have lost interest in self-made lighting fixtures.
I encourage everyone to experiment. If you see a traffic police patrol in the distance on a country road during the day, turn off your headlight and see what happens. If you are waved with a striped baton, follow the requirement without giving a “turn signal” signal, despite the fact that you are performing a maneuver – you will leave the lane to the side of the road. I give a 1000% chance that the police officer who stopped you will not even refer to the subject of the abuse of “light”. He can check documents, sniff alcohol, punch cars through databases. And about the “light” and will not remember. Because he absolutely does not want to write a resolution on a fine of 500 rubles.
You feel about the same approach when driving around with DRLs, with half the LEDs off or winking insidiously. So what, what is a malfunction? The police don’t care. If they start depriving them of “rights” for this, it’s another matter … This fully applies to the case when the brake lights burned out. Or the entire headlight of the rear block “died”. From the traffic police for driving with such really accident-prone breakdowns, the driver gets nothing at all.
All of the above may not work in only one case: when you are unlucky enough to encounter a police raid “by lighting equipment”. In this case, a fine is nevertheless imposed for violating the rules of use – so that the soldier has something to report to his superiors.
Some time ago it was a great stroke of luck to see LEDs on a car driving on public roads. And now such machines come across quite often. We must pay tribute to the manufacturers of light sources of this type: modern models of “LEDs” designed for halogen headlights ensure the correct configuration of the luminous flux – they do not dazzle oncoming traffic and illuminate the road well. However, the replacement of regular “halogens” with “LEDs” is illegal, as it constitutes an interference with the design of the vehicle.
Earlier, after discovering such “blasphemy”, the traffic police selected non-standard lamps and issued the driver “under denial of a VU” for “violation of the rules for installing devices on a vehicle for providing special light signals – according to Art . 12.4 of the Code of Administrative Violations. But a few years ago, the Supreme Court plenum decided that if, as a result of such interference, the light of the headlight and its operation remained unchanged, it was impossible to deprive the driver of “rights”. Since his offense in this case only falls under the innocent Art. 12.20 Administrative Code – violation of the rules for the use of lighting equipment. The maximum penalty for this is 500 ₽ fine. Here the traffic police officers have lost interest in self-made lighting fixtures.
I encourage everyone to experiment. If you see a traffic police patrol in the distance on a country road during the day, turn off your headlight and see what happens. If you are waved with a striped baton, follow the requirement without giving a “turn signal” signal, despite the fact that you are performing a maneuver – you will leave the lane to the side of the road. I give a 1000% chance that the police officer who stopped you will not even refer to the subject of the abuse of “light”. He can check documents, sniff alcohol, punch cars through databases. And about the “light” and will not remember. Because he absolutely does not want to write a resolution on a fine of 500 rubles.
You feel about the same approach when driving around with DRLs, with half the LEDs off or winking insidiously. So what, what is a malfunction? The police don’t care. If they start depriving them of “rights” for this, it’s another matter … This fully applies to the case when the brake lights burned out. Or the entire headlight of the rear block “died”. From the traffic police for driving with such really accident-prone breakdowns, the driver gets nothing at all.
All of the above may not work in only one case: when you are unlucky enough to encounter a police raid “by lighting equipment”. In this case, a fine is nevertheless imposed for violating the rules of use – so that the soldier has something to report to his superiors.
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