What threatens the pedestrian in the movement for crossing in the wrong place? This question is asked by many people who do not comply with traffic rules and try to quickly cross the roadway in front of a moving car. So, if a citizen crossing the carriageway in an unsuitable place for this is noticed by traffic police, then he will face a fine of five hundred rubles. Sometimes inspectors limit themselves to verbal warning, but this is quite rare. You will learn more about all this in the process of reading this article.
Small introduction
Unfortunately, people crossing the road in the wrong place do not think that they violate traffic rules. In addition, many of them are firmly convinced that the sanctions for non-compliance with traffic rules apply only to drivers, and pedestrians are always right. However, this is not so.
Recently, accidents have become more frequent due to the fault of pedestrian traffic participants. Often, such accidents lead to negative consequences not only for the perpetrators themselves, but also for drivers who receive serious injuries. Damage caused in such an accident should be compensated by a pedestrian who violated the rules of the road. This also needs to be considered.
What is the imprudence of pedestrians?
Crossing the road in the wrong place can cost the life of the person who wanted to quickly cross the roadway. Moreover, the driver will not always be to blame for this accident. Although the latter should move at the speed with which traffic signs and traffic rules are prescribed. Most of these accidents occur precisely because of the carelessness and arrogance of pedestrians. Therefore, violating traffic rules and crossing the road in the wrong place, pedestrians should understand that the car is a source of increased danger, and the driver can not always immediately stop his vehicle. Moreover, if he moves at the required speed and does not violate traffic rules, and there is no pedestrian crossing nearby.
What is important to know?
Pedestrian traffic participants must comply with applicable traffic rules. Pedestrians should remember and know the following:
- crossing the carriageway is allowed only in the intended place, where there is a sign "Pedestrian crossing" or the marking of the road - a zebra;
- when crossing the road at the intersection, you must be guided by traffic signals;
- if there is no special sign and zebra, you need to cross the road only along the sidewalk or roadside (it’s safer, you don’t need to go diagonally);
- it is not allowed to run out onto the road in front of a moving vehicle;
- Cross the carriageway even on a zebra, and if there are signs “Pedestrian crossing”, it is necessary only after the driver slows down or stops to let the pedestrian pass;
- at night, when crossing the roadway, a person should be dressed in clothing with reflective elements ;
- no need to cross the road at a time when the car is traveling with special included. signal.
Subject to these rules, pedestrian traffic participants will never become victims of an accident. Moreover, this will allow them to avoid fines for moving in the wrong place.
What are the responsibilities of drivers?
The person driving the vehicle must strictly follow the traffic rules. In particular, this applies to high-speed traffic and the passage of citizens at pedestrian crossings. Indeed, it is precisely in violation of these two rules that traffic accidents most often occur in which people die.
Therefore, when approaching a pedestrian crossing, a zebra, the driver must:
- significantly reduce speed;
- give way to a person who has stepped on the roadway, and do not interfere with his movement.
In the event that the latter violates traffic rules, then for not passing the pedestrian he will face a fine in the amount of 1,500 to 2,500 rubles. This must be remembered.
Where do I need to cross the road?
Pedestrians are the same traffic participants as drivers. Moreover, both of them are obliged to comply with the applicable traffic rules.
A pedestrian is required to cross the road only:
- on underground or elevated passages;
- at the signal of a traffic light (at intersections).
In certain cases, citizens must cross the roadway only at the signal of the traffic controller. You need to know about this. Because a citizen faces a fine in the amount of 500 rubles for going to the wrong place. These are currently legal provisions.
What are the sanctions?
In the event that a pedestrian violates traffic rules, he will receive a certain punishment. Currently, the administrative penalty for going to the wrong place is 500 rubles. Nevertheless, the traffic police, who noticed and stopped a citizen who crossed the roadway not where necessary, can conduct a preventive conversation with him and make a warning. But, as practice shows, this only happens if the pedestrian has not previously violated traffic rules.
In addition
The transfer penalty in the wrong place is provided by the Code of Administrative Offenses and is five hundred rubles. It is prescribed by traffic police only when a person simply crossed the road in the wrong place, but no negative consequences occurred in this case. However, this is not always the case.
Sometimes it happens that a pedestrian who decides to quickly cross the road can create serious obstacles to the movement of vehicles and even an emergency. In such a case, the latter will face a fine of one thousand rubles.
If due to unlawful, careless actions of a pedestrian committed in violation of traffic rules, another traffic participant (for example, a driver, a passenger) is not badly injured, then he will also face a monetary penalty. The administrative fine in this case will be from 1000 to 1500 rubles.
In order to avoid possible problems with the law, pedestrian traffic participants, like drivers, are simply obliged to comply with traffic regulations.
What to do?
If a person is fined for going to the wrong place, but he does not agree with this administrative penalty, he can appeal the ruling of the traffic police through a court. To do this, the latter will need to provide irrefutable evidence that he did not violate traffic rules. Although, as practice shows, this is almost impossible. Especially if the crossing over the road was recorded on camera. Nevertheless, it’s worth a try, especially if the pedestrian believes that he did not break the rules (for example, there were no zebra and traffic lights nearby, so the latter was forced to go through the roadway at a right angle). This happens quite often in practice.
If a person agrees that he violated traffic rules, because he crossed the road not where it should be, then he must pay a fine. Currently, this can be done even with a 50% discount. The main condition is to pay the penalty within 20 days after the decision is made. This should be known to all road users.
Small characteristic
At present, sad statistics indicate that people die under the wheels of vehicles due to their own negligence. Most often, pedestrians do not think that you need to cross the roadway only in places specially designated for this. Moreover, many of them believe that drivers must stop and let them through even where there are no special signs, markings and traffic lights. Such an opinion is considered erroneous.
Due to the fact that pedestrians do not comply with traffic rules, fines for crossing the road in places not provided for this are constantly increasing. The STSI considers this legislative measure to be very effective. If a few years ago, a fine for a pedestrian for crossing in the wrong place was issued only in the amount of two hundred rubles, now this amount has increased to five hundred.
Moreover, the traffic police themselves remind all traffic participants to comply with traffic rules and then there will be several times less road accidents.
FAQ
What is the penalty for crossing in the wrong place can be issued to a pedestrian? This question is often asked by many citizens who do not try to comply with traffic rules. So, for crossing the street in the wrong place, a citizen faces a fine of 500 rubles. However, for the first time, the traffic police inspector may issue a warning to him. This is stated in article 12.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.
For crossing in the wrong place, a pedestrian may face the greatest administrative fine in the amount of up to 1,500 rubles if other traffic participants were injured due to his careless actions (minor or moderate health damage was caused). You also need to know about this. Indeed, on the roads there are a variety of situations.
The driver is to blame
In almost all accidents, the person who is driving is wrong. This is especially true when the driver knocks a person on the road. But is this really so? Is it always the driver's fault that an accident occurred in which a person who crossed the roadway was badly injured or died? The answer here will be mixed. On the one hand, if the driver exceeded the speed limit and knocked down a person who was crossing the road at a pedestrian crossing, then he would be to blame. Moreover, if the latter received serious injuries or even died at the scene of the accident, then the person who was driving will face criminal punishment and deprivation of rights. This must be remembered.
In the event that a person ran out onto the roadway outside the pedestrian crossing zone, and the driver did not have the technical ability to stop his car, he would not be guilty of the accident. After all, a car is a source of increased danger and it is simply impossible to stop it in a few seconds and even minutes. Pedestrians should understand this.
Can I not pay?
At present, traffic police inspectors issue a fine for crossing a road in the wrong place to almost all citizens who will be noticed at the time the offense is committed. Although article 12.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses also provides a warning.
Now, many citizens who were fined by traffic police for crossing the carriageway in an unsuitable place for this are interested in the question of whether it is possible not to pay a fine for the specified offense? The answer in this case will be negative. Moreover, if a person knows that he violated the rules of the SDA and did not appeal the decision through the court.
After all, crossing a road in the wrong place can end very badly for a citizen. The latter can be hit by a car, and he will receive serious injuries. In order for people to comply with traffic rules and there are sanctions for traffic violations. After a person once pays a fine for crossing a road outside the zone of a pedestrian crossing, he will no longer have the desire to violate the norms of the law, and he will cross the roadway only at a zebra or traffic light. This must be remembered.
If a citizen does not pay the specified penalty on a voluntary basis, he will be forcibly recovered through the bailiff service.
Useful advice
Here again, it is necessary to say that all participants in the movement are obliged to respect each other and not violate traffic rules. This consists in the fact that pedestrians should cross the road only where permitted, and not run out onto the carriageway in front of a moving car. You need to understand that the car is a source of increased danger, and the driver cannot stop him instantly.
In turn, motorists are required to comply with the high-speed mode and let pedestrians pass where it should be done (at a traffic light, at a zebra). Because it is with the mutual respect of the participants in the movement that accidents will occur much less frequently.
Conclusion
It should be said once again that in the administrative legislation there is a penalty for moving in the wrong place. The traffic police strictly ensures that all participants in the movement comply with traffic regulations. The size of the fine for crossing the carriageway in the wrong place is not so large and is only 500 rubles. Nevertheless, you still have to pay it. Otherwise, the fine will be recovered from the offender through bailiffs.
If a pedestrian enters the road in an unsuitable place and a collision occurs, the latter will be punished. In addition to a fine in the amount of 1000 to 1500 rubles, he will have to reimburse the car owners for the damage caused.