Increasingly, modern drivers are faced with fines for unfastened belts. Violations in the field of passenger safety are encountered by many drivers. To stop them, you have to punish negligent drivers. And, as practice shows, penalties are most effective. What to expect for an unfastened seat belt? And how to transport citizens in a car? Let's get it right.
Legislation
Information about administrative violations is found in the Code of Administrative Offenses. This set of laws contains information about what threatens negligent citizens for certain administrative acts. For example, in violation of traffic rules.
What is the penalty for unfastened belts? There is no single answer to this question. After all, there are various options for the development of events. And they will be discussed later. For starters, it’s worth remembering that all passengers should be fastened with special seat belts. Otherwise, the driver faces a fine.
About the transportation of children
Recent adjustments to the rules for transporting citizens in cars include features for children. The thing is that, according to the established rules, minors are allowed to be transported only in special restraint devices. They are popularly called child car seats.
But the need to use restraints applies only to children under 12 years old. After this age, the child can be fastened with a regular belt.
Rear seats
A fine for unfastened seat belts is issued to the driver both for non-compliance with the established rules for the transport of adults and children. But, as we have already found out, in the case of minors, one also has to use special devices.
Children under 7 years old in the rear seats are transported only in suitable car seats. And in a fastened condition. If the child sits in a chair, but is not fastened, a fine can be expected.
From the age of 7 to 12 years, it is proposed to fasten children both with ordinary seat belts and by using restraints. And after the specified age limit, minors are required to use the seat belts in the car.
Front seats
A fine for an unfastened passenger belt has recently been issued to almost every second driver. In particular, when transporting children.
As we have already emphasized, before the age of 12, a child must be transported and fastened only with the help of car seats. But if a minor rides in the back seat, you can at some point abandon restraints.
Speaking of the front seats, there will be no exceptions for drivers. Children under 12 years old are required to be transported here only in car seats. Otherwise, the driver will be fined one or another amount.
Fine for children
It is worth paying attention to the fact that seat belts in children and adults are different administrative violations. In addition, if the driver neglected the established rules, he also faces a penalty.
Let's start with a fine for an unfastened child’s belt. Previously, it was 500 rubles, but at the moment, such a violation provides for the payment of 3,000 rubles. That is how much the driver will have to pay for the violation in question.
Passengers
And what will happen if the passenger did not use car belts? For such an act is also supposed to be punished. Not as serious as in the case of children, but it is.
The fine for unfastened rear belts, as well as for the front ones, is 500 rubles. This punishment is issued directly to the offender. A similar amount of payments is provided only for adult passengers. Until the trespasser turns 18, he is considered a child. But this does not mean that you will have to pay 6 times more. There are exceptions.
Drivers
Sometimes the drivers themselves refuse to buckle up while driving. It is not difficult to guess that this would also be considered an administrative offense.
The fine for unfastened belts in this case reaches 1,000 rubles. The driver will pay the same amount for non-compliance with the rules for the transport of passengers aged 12 to 16 years, as well as for adult unfastened adults.
Who does not pay?
There are a number of rules providing for exemption from a fine for unfastened seat belts in a car. But, as a rule, they are rarely encountered. And hope for these is not recommended.
Not to pay a fine for the studied act may:
- disabled people;
- driving instructors;
- drivers and passengers of all operational cars with identification marks.
As you can see, there are not so many exceptions. And if the car does not have the listed identification marks, then the traffic police officer can fine both the driver and the passenger for non-compliance with traffic rules.
Other payments for children
The seat belt penalty is already known to us. Russian law provides for special payments in respect of a violation under investigation involving children.
The previously proposed penalty was provided only for individuals. Recent innovations supplemented the violation with penalties for officials and organizations.
In the first case, you will have to pay 25 thousand rubles, and in the second - up to 100 thousand. Accordingly, if the organization has violated the rules for transporting children in cars, they can be fined a very significant amount.
When not to fasten?
Sometimes traffic police officers try to fine drivers illegally. Unfortunately, this practice is common. And many citizens do not know how to behave in a particular case.
It is permitted to be unfastened in a machine that does not move. This rule applies to all passengers and drivers.
Accordingly, if a traffic police officer stopped a person and tries to write a fine for unfastened belts, you can refer to the fact that the belt was unfastened after stopping to communicate with the traffic police. Usually, only the driver manages to avoid punishment in this way. To prove the fact that passengers were fastened when driving a car is extremely problematic.
Summary
Now it’s clear what the penalty for unfastened belts will be. Such a violation includes several types of payments. It all depends on who committed it.
It is important to understand that with the participation of children in violation, the responsibility for paying the fine will rest with the driver. Parents of the child in this case do not bear any punishment. The driver is fully responsible for the safety of passengers.
Is it possible to get rid of the fine and appeal it? Yes. To do this, if the traffic police officer stopped the driver for an unfastened seat belt, it is necessary to write on the resolution "I do not agree with the violation." And then within 10 days the fined person needs to go to court to appeal the punishment. All citizens who have committed an administrative violation have this right.
It is important to know that the number of unfastened passengers does not affect the size of the fine. For this violation, adults will have to pay 1,000 rubles. And it doesn’t matter if one was a passenger or several. The same goes for children.
However, the driver may be fined for seat belts several times a day. There are no restrictions in this area. This means that if after the first fine the driver has not corrected the violation, he can prepare for more serious payments. For not fastened back belts the penalty in the sizes specified above is also provided.