For every owner of a vehicle, the law provides certain requirements for the installation of license plates. And for their violations, you can immediately be left without “rights”. According to GOST, the platform for mounting the number must be flat and vertical, and deformation of the board during mounting is strictly prohibited. In other words, if the driver, having decided to outwit the cameras of the traffic police, tilted the can or simply screwed up, then the traffic police has the right to apply art. 12.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, according to which you can become a pedestrian for up to three months.
In addition, the front and back numbers must be placed along the axis of symmetry or to the left of it. To be more precise, the permissible installation height is at least 30 cm, but not more than 120 cm. In addition, the boards should not overlap with structural elements, nor have the right to cover lighting devices. The latter is especially true for those who use bike carriers mounted on the tow bar or on the back of the car, often hiding the car number from the eyes of “live” traffic cops and traffic police cameras. Even in this case, traffic cops, if they wish, can get to the bottom of the driver, working with the same article of the Administrative Code.
However, in the same place it is written in white in Russian that roadside officers can limit themselves to a warning or a fine of 500 rubles. And there, as they say, everything will depend on the mood of both the inspector and the “mate” himself.