That is, the ten-day period during which the new owner of a car has the right to drive it without license plates (before registration with the traffic police) had not yet expired at the time when Bulavtsev was stopped by the traffic police. In fact, it was precisely this circumstance that motivated the citizen’s need to exempt him from paying the fine. He also stated in his complaint that he registered the car on December 16, the tenth day allotted to him by law.
And everything would be fine. But unfortunately for Bulavtsev, the case contained material about a new violation of traffic rules – dated April 29, 2022. Subsequently, he was fined under Part 1 of Art. 12.5 of the Administrative Code – apparently for driving a vehicle with improperly tinted windows. The spicy part of the situation is that he was stopped “for tinting” in the same Toyota and also without license plates. Thus, it was revealed that the purchase and sale agreement submitted by Bulavtsev to the court was a “filkin’s letter.” In fact, he drove around without a license plate in his car, which was not registered with the traffic police, not since December 6, 2022, but at least since April 29 of the same year. That is, much longer than the allowed 10 days.
As they say, it is very convenient: every 10 days you rewrite the purchase and sale agreement for new dates and present it to the traffic police if something happens. And you break traffic rules with impunity (due to the lack of license plates) under the lenses of police cameras. In general, the Supreme Court took into account all the circumstances of the case and upheld the fine of 5,000 rubles for the very cunning Bulavtsev.