Each motorist was faced with a situation when a traffic police officer waved his striped wand on the road, demanding to stop. The reason may be different. Each driver is simply obliged to know on what basis the police can stop him. It is simply forbidden to do so. There is an Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, which stipulates the legal reasons for stopping the vehicle. It is better if each driver is familiar with this document so that there are no misunderstandings on the road.
Reasonable reasons for stopping the machine
If you carefully study the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 185 of March 2, 2009, you can get acquainted with justified reasons on the basis of which the inspector has the right to stop personal transport:
1. If there are obvious violations of the rules of the road by the driver, which are recorded using the device or visually. This may include:
- Driving at a red traffic light.
- Overtaking in a place where this is prohibited.
- The speed recommended on this section of the track is exceeded.
2. The reasons for stopping the car are sometimes incomprehensible to drivers, but sometimes the inspector has information that suspected of a crime or a traffic accident are moving in the car.
3. If, according to the operational report, the car is wanted, then there is every reason to stop it.
4. If the inspector has information that the car contains an important witness to the incident or crime, from which it is necessary to take evidence.
5. The reason for stopping may be the need to use the driver as a witness.
6. The need for regulatory action may also require stopping the machine.
7. If the car is urgently needed for injured, medical personnel or police officers, then this is also a legitimate reason for stopping the vehicle in 2016 by traffic police.
8. Employees can stop the car if operational activities are carried out. But for this, the police must have the appropriate documents that they can present to the drivers.
According to statistics, the most common reason for employees to stop a vehicle (2016) is a document check. But motorists should know that such a procedure is necessarily carried out only at a stationary traffic police post. If the stop is carried out in the wrong place, then the driver has the right not to present documents or demand orientation, according to which the check is carried out.
It must also be remembered that documents for verification can only be provided to traffic police or traffic police, other services are not entitled to require them from the driver.
As a legitimate reason for stopping the vehicle's DPS, the need to check the boot can be considered. This is quite legitimate, but in the process of inspection a protocol must be drawn up and the presence of witnesses is necessary.
What should the driver do after stopping
According to the rules, the driver must stop if a traffic police officer requires it, and the reason for stopping the vehicle (the rules confirm this in 2016) can be any. After stopping, you must perform the following actions:
- Stop the car in such a way that it does not interfere with the movement of other motorists, unless the police indicate the exact parking spot.
- You must remember to turn on the right turn signal and park on the side of the road.
- If you are not sure about the correct choice of the stopping place, then you can turn on the alarm so that there is an excuse in the form of a vehicle breakdown to explain the incorrect parking, because the police can also complain about this.
- If the driver has not calculated and stopped too far from the inspector, then he can pass back or wait until the traffic police officer comes up by himself.
Regardless of the reason for stopping the machine, the employee must introduce himself and present his documents to the car enthusiast, and then voice the reason for the stop.
The correct procedure for stopping transport
The reasons for stopping traffic police may be different, but there are some rules that police officers must follow when they stop the vehicle:
- Giving a signal to a stop, the traffic police officer must indicate the parking place. Stops there must be allowed.
- The driver has no right to stop the car in the wrong place, but there are exceptions to this rule:
- Emergency situations related to the suppression of illegal actions.
- Regulatory measures.
- Obstacle to harming life and health.
- A patrol car can indicate a specific location.
3. If employees stop the car, they cannot use it to chase a criminal. They may ask for help, but only the owner should manage the tool.
When a forced stop is possible
There are compulsory reasons for stopping the vehicle, then for this employees can use:
- Technical means: batons, stun guns, gas weapons.
- Traffic signals go traffic controller, which means a complete stop of movement.
- Employees can block the road with a company car with the alarm turned on.
- If the situation allows it, traffic police officers can use service weapons.
After the vehicle stops completely, the employee must approach the car from the driver's side and introduce himself, as well as state the reason for the stop.
What documents should be presented to the traffic police officer
After you are stopped, the traffic police officer has the right to demand the following documents:
- The rights.
- Insurance.
- Registration certificate for the car.
- If the transport is not personal, then you must present a waybill or a document confirming the right to transport passengers and the route.
- If a special sign is installed on the car, you will have to produce a document confirming this, for example, a certificate of a disabled person.
The driver has the right to provide all these documents through the car window, it is not necessary to go out at all, regardless of the reason for the stop by the traffic police. The motorist must get out of the car if:
- A malfunction was detected in the machine and it must be urgently eliminated.
- There are signs of drinking alcohol.
- If you need inspection of the machine or reconciliation of numbers on the engine or other accessories.
- It is required to draw up documents fixing the violation.
The driver is not required to get into the patrol car if the police require it. He cannot refuse only if the traffic police have grounds for his detention or arrest.
Drunk Driving
On the roads, there are times when traffic police simply cannot help stopping the car. This is a drunk control, which is noticeable in uncertain driving, the violation of traffic rules.
Employees can suspect the presence of intoxication after a stop due to the smell of alcohol, slurred speech, inappropriate behavior. A violation can be recorded only after an examination. It can be carried out in the presence of witnesses or if video is being recorded. If employees have a breathalyzer, then the procedure is carried out at the stopping place, in the absence of such a driver is sent to a medical facility.
If the drunkenness is confirmed, then the driver will have to say goodbye to his car, most likely, pay a fine and lose his rights for a certain period, which is determined by the court. But if alcohol is not detected, then traffic police are required to deliver the driver to his car.
When the inspector necessarily stops the car
When a traffic police officer works on the road for a long time, he already intuitively feels which car must be stopped first. These signs are not known to all drivers, but you can get to know them below:
- If the car rides, wagging along the road, sharply slows down or accelerates, then you can be 100% sure that the car will be stopped. The first thing that comes to the inspector’s mind is that the driver is drunk, but this can be done by someone who suddenly became ill. Then a stop can save his life, employees will call an ambulance.
- If a car enthusiast, in the hope that the inspector is distracted and does not look in his direction, commits a violation, then a stop is inevitable.
- If the inspector sees that the motorist in front of the post is making a sharp overhaul, then he may suspect that the driver is avoiding meeting with the traffic police.
- Even too careful riding inspires inspectors, and this is also a common reason for stopping. Police already know that those who drive without a license or excessively go too far on the road are too cautious.
- If the numbers are poorly visible by car, then in almost 100% of cases the driver will be stopped.
- Visible damage can also cause the inspector to slow you down.
- Stop are subject to motorists who like to blink headlights, warning others about a meeting with traffic inspectors.
- If a car is being towed, it may also be necessary to stop to make sure that the car is not being stolen.
- If your car is very similar to the one on the wanted list, then a stop is inevitable.
Agree, these reasons for stopping the vehicle by employees are quite justified.
Checking documents on the road
Quite often, motorists meet with traffic police officers on the roads, who stop almost everyone in a row, explaining this by a planned check of documents.
Drivers should be aware that such a procedure is permitted only at the traffic police post, if you are stopped for these purposes in an unidentified place, then this is an excess of authority, unless the police have a very important reason for this.
The motorist has the full right not to present documents if the check is carried out in the wrong place or if there is no special orientation that the traffic inspector must present.
Nuances in the legislation of 2016-2017
At least once in their entire driving experience, the motorist came across police officers who were dressed in casual clothes, not in uniform. This was explained by the conduct of covert patrols to detect violations.
In 2017, the legislation was amended to prohibit this type of activity. If patrolling is carried out, then the employee must be in uniform. If a motorist is stopped by a man in civilian clothes and appears to be an officer of the traffic police, he has the right not to respond to his signals and move on.
It is quite another matter if the car is stopped by an employee in uniform, and the driver does not respond. Then he has the right to follow the vehicle and apply light or sound signals to make the driver stop. If the motorist does not react in any way, then the traffic inspector is allowed to use a loudspeaker or to force a stop.
The legislation regulates the process of stopping a vehicle; it would be good if motorists were familiarized with it in order to know what could be the reasons for stopping the vehicle by traffic police.
There is another innovation. On the roads passing outside the city, traffic police officers can stop the car only if they patrol on official vehicles with a flashing light and color scheme.
If patrolling is carried out covertly, and the car of police officers does not have a special color, then they have no right to stop motorists. There is one more addition: if during the inspection an expired power of attorney for transport management is found, then employees should help get to the city or other settlement.
Inspector Communication Guidelines
Quite often, when a traffic policeman stops a motorist, the driver begins to protest loudly and irritably, to resent what is fundamentally wrong. Here are some guidelines to help you get in touch no matter what the reason for the car stopping:
- You need to communicate calmly and politely. An employee is in the exercise of his duties, so insults can be fraught with the use of additional sanctions.
- If someone is trying to pressure or intimidate you, do not give in.
- Defend your innocence if you are 100% sure of it, but do it calmly.
- Proving your point, use the concepts from the rules of the road, even if you do not remember them exactly.
- You should never forget about your rights, but you must remember that the traffic police, performing their work, also have them.
If during communication with a traffic police officer you have doubts about the legality of his actions, you must ask him to provide an official certificate. The regulation established that the functions of an employee of the traffic police can be performed by an inspector only on the basis of an order from management. If there is none, then his actions are illegal. The motorist has the right to ask for a phone number to call the duty officer and make sure that there is an order for this guard.
Conclusion
Not a single driver is insured on the road from a meeting with a traffic police officer. Most often, the reason for stopping is the presentation of penalties for violating traffic rules or committing an offense on the road. If the driver drives the vehicle sober, complies with all the rules, is polite to the same car enthusiasts on the road, then the probability of a traffic police stop is small.
It will not be out of place for every motorist to get a little enlightened in terms of studying their rights in order to be able to withstand the illegal onslaught of police officers, and this also happens. When driving on the road, every motorist should know that he takes responsibility not only for his life, but also for the life of pedestrians.