Why driving through a puddle can cost drivers 5,000 rubles
- December 23, 2022
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Winter, especially in the city, where roads are actively treated with reagents, is characterized by a large number of deep puddles of snow-ice. And if you drive in
Winter, especially in the city, where roads are actively treated with reagents, is characterized by a large number of deep puddles of snow-ice. And if you drive in too fast, you can not only have driving problems. They may also come into contact with the law. And all because of the peculiarities of the device of the plastic frame of the car number. As a result, drivers risk paying hefty fines and even losing the right to drive a vehicle. The AutoVzglyad portal tells how to avoid such problems.
So why does the car owner, having left a deep puddle, run a serious risk of losing the state license plate? Yes, because hardly anyone mounts the number directly on the body or bumper of the car. There are two reasons. First, the holes on the license plate don’t always match the factory holes on the machine. And you don’t want to stick an aluminum number directly on expensive paint. Second, every auto parts store sells a variety of license plate frames with mounting holes for each mounting option.
This is where the problem lies, as the plastic frame has very low mechanical strength. And under heavy load, especially in cold weather, it breaks and flies away along with the precious number. It happens that the frame remains in place, but the number is still lost, because in some variants of such designs the GRZ is fixed with thin plastic latches. Which often leads the car owner to a long and unpleasant communication with the traffic police. After all, it is forbidden to drive without a license plate: this is punishable under part 2 of art. 12.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (5000 ₽ or deprivation of “rights” for up to 3 months).
Drivers know or suspect these problems and try to insure themselves by fixing the number on the frame with plastic clamps or bolts with nuts. However, as we have already said, the problem lies in the weakness of the design directly in the places where the frame is attached to the body. If you feel or see that the number has dropped, you need to know how to act correctly in this case.
Usually, trying not to get stuck because of such a trifle, the driver puts a “can” under the windshield and … Quite right: he receives the same fine under the same article. If only for the wrong installation of signs. And if you quickly find a torn off number, fix it in a permanent place to avoid problems.
If the number is lost forever in the vastness of our country, then we repeat that when you meet a traffic cop, you are guaranteed to get into trouble. Sometimes it is even cheaper to take the car to the parking lot with a tow truck, and then make new numbers in a specialized workshop (the price of the service is from 1000 to 1500 rubles).
Can these problems be prevented? Naturally. To do this, it is advisable not to drive into deep puddles at high speed. But since no one is immune from this, the AvtoVzglyad portal recommends stepping on the sense of beauty and reliably – using expensive self-tapping screws or even bolts – fix the number to the normal place of the body without intermediary in using the form of a frame. Or reinforce the frame itself by placing a thin aluminum plate with holes for fasteners inside. At the same time, it is curious that metal frames are also on sale, which completely eliminates the risk of losing the number. But for some reason they are not popular with motorists. But in vain.
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So why does the car owner, having left a deep puddle, run a serious risk of losing the state license plate? Yes, because hardly anyone mounts the number directly on the body or bumper of the car. There are two reasons. First, the holes on the license plate don’t always match the factory holes on the machine. And you don’t want to stick an aluminum number directly on expensive paint. Second, every auto parts store sells a variety of license plate frames with mounting holes for each mounting option.
This is where the problem lies, as the plastic frame has very low mechanical strength. And under heavy load, especially in cold weather, it breaks and flies away along with the precious number. It happens that the frame remains in place, but the number is still lost, because in some variants of such designs the GRZ is fixed with thin plastic latches. Which often leads the car owner to a long and unpleasant communication with the traffic police. After all, it is forbidden to drive without a license plate: this is punishable under part 2 of art. 12.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (5000 ₽ or deprivation of “rights” for up to 3 months).
Drivers know or suspect these problems and try to insure themselves by fixing the number on the frame with plastic clamps or bolts with nuts. However, as we said, the problem lies in the weakness of the design directly in the places where the frame is attached to the body. If you feel or see that the number has dropped, you need to know how to act correctly in this case.
Usually, trying not to get stuck because of such a trifle, the driver puts a “can” under the windshield and … Quite right: he receives the same fine under the same article. If only for the wrong installation of signs. And if you quickly find a torn off number, fix it in a permanent place to avoid problems.
If the number is lost forever in the vastness of our country, then we repeat that when you meet a traffic cop, you are guaranteed to get into trouble. Sometimes it is even cheaper to take the car to the parking lot with a tow truck, and then make new numbers in a specialized workshop (the price of the service is from 1000 to 1500 rubles).
Can these problems be prevented? Naturally. To do this, it is advisable not to drive into deep puddles at high speed. But since no one is immune from this, the AvtoVzglyad portal recommends stepping on the sense of beauty and reliably – using expensive self-tapping screws or even bolts – fix the number to the normal place of the body without intermediary in using the form of a frame. Or strengthen the frame itself by placing a thin aluminum plate with holes for fasteners inside. At the same time, it is curious that metal frames are also on sale, which completely eliminates the risk of losing the number. But for some reason they are not popular with motorists. But in vain.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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