Should traffic police fines come by mail? How should a chain letter be delivered?

For more than 10 years, video recording cameras have been installed in Russia to fix traffic violations. Place such devices in places where there is a large flow of cars. In general, the idea of ​​installing cameras on road sections was applied to unload the work of traffic police officers and prevent bribery. Nevertheless, in this case, there are incidents when the decision was issued illegally.

How, when and to whom are letters of "happiness" sent?

Before a letter is sent to your postal address, it is compiled in the traffic police department. Many people ignore such notifications, but you should not do this, because regardless of whether the person accepted the document or not, the fine is still charged.The execution of the resolution when using data from video recording cameras is as follows:

1. The device fixes the offense, information is transmitted via the Internet to the traffic police unit, which is territorially tied to this area. For example, a violation was carried out in the city of Ivanovo, and the person himself is from Moscow, the letter will be generated by the traffic police of the city of Ivanovo, but will be sent to the offender's address in the capital.
2. Traffic police officers process the data from the picture and send a letter with the photo to the registration address of the person who is the owner of the vehicle. License plates and the color of the car, the traffic police enter into the database manually, so errors are possible.
3. The letter is delivered to the violator. In fact, this letter of “happiness” is the decision on the offense, but the protocol is not drawn up. 10 days from the date of receipt of the document are given to appeal this decision.

After opening the envelope, you can see a black and white photo where your car should be recorded (number and color are indicated separately), as well as the date and time of fixation. In the left corner there is a column where the data of a special technical tool is indicated, which captures photographic materials (certificate, authentication, etc.). The right column contains the address of the traffic police, where the letter was composed.

The next page is the decision itself in the case of an administrative offense. It indicates the type of violation of traffic rules and the amount of the fine. A receipt for payment is attached. To clarify the data, the contact number of the State traffic inspectorate should be indicated below.

Cases where sanctions are applied unlawfully

According to statistics, no more than 60% of decisions on administrative offenses were drawn up legally. Most of the violations from this number were just the same recorded by video cameras. In fact, people remain simply deceived, and all because they do not want to go and understand the traffic police.What are the possible errors:

1. The technical device is defective. As already mentioned before the photo, there is a column in which data about the device is indicated, so there is a name, certificate number, verification date, possible error. If the device did not pass the verification, then this is a violation by the traffic police. Quite often, devices fail and show speeding, where in fact it was not. In this case, you need to have evidence that the car was moving at the allowed speed. This is easy to do if there are records from the DVR.
2. The operator incorrectly recognized the vehicle number. For example, if the numbers in the photo are very blurry.
3. Auto stolen. The vehicle is actually driven by another person. In this case, the traffic police must be informed that the car is wanted and there is a statement to the police.
4. The machine is controlled by another person who has a power of attorney to drive. The owner of the vehicle must present a notarized power of attorney, and then the decision will be drawn up in the name of the violator.
5. Twin car. In Russia, you can still find twin cars that have an absolutely identical color and car number as your car. Collect such cars illegally, moreover, it is a scam.

Important! There are situations when scammers operate under the guise of traffic police officers. Photos of the car are processed in Photoshop, and the account number is indicated by someone else. If for any reason there are doubts, then it is better to clarify these data in the traffic police department.

The amount of the fine, according to the decree, ranges from 500 to 1000 rubles. In real life, for some offenses, these are quite small sanctions. For example, if instead of cameras, the violation was recorded by the traffic police, and the citizen was caught in excess, plus drove into the oncoming lane, then he would be threatened with deprivation of rights. For the same violations during video recording, only a fine is due.

How to challenge a ruling

As already mentioned, only 10 days are allotted to appeal the decision. And you need to go to the city where it was drawn up. It is rather inconvenient if a person was passing through the city and an offense was recorded there, because in order to resolve the issue, he will have to return there.

You can appeal the decision both to the traffic police and through the courts (but this will cost more than the fine itself). This will require real evidence that there were no violations in the actions of the motorist. A real example: a citizen received more than five letters stating that on the same section of the road (near his parking lot) he violated the speed limit. Moreover, all these offenses were recorded during the week. Naturally, the motorist decided to contact the traffic police to clarify the problem. The situation was saved by the fact that another motorist made almost the same complaint, he received a letter stating that he had exceeded the speed limit in the same section. At the same time, both drivers had recordings from the DVR, which showed that the vehicles were moving at a speed of no more than 40 km/h. As it turned out, the device for fixing violations simply failed. The ordinances were annulled.

Nevertheless, you should not forget about such fines, since after some time they double. On the website of public services, you can see all the unpaid fines that are registered for any citizen of the Russian Federation. This option is available after a simple registration. It also displays information that, due to accumulated fines, a ban on registration actions has been imposed (the car cannot be sold).

Five million drivers who violated traffic rules were able to avoid punishment due to an error in the traffic police database. At the same time, a number of motorists receive erroneous decisions, which they cannot subsequently challenge in any way.

The reason for a new discussion of the work of the system for bringing to justice violators of traffic rules was the statement of the head of the traffic police, Mikhail Chernikov. At a conference in Sochi, the head of the State traffic inspectorate spoke about the problems in the work of the Federal Information System (FIS) of the traffic police. According to him, due to a technical error in the database, the traffic police could not issue more than five million fines: due to “incorrect merging of databases”, the State traffic inspectorate failed to form fine orders and punish violators. “They didn’t indicate the house, then the apartment, then the last name is half-hearted,” Chernikov said, noting that “the system works more or less correctly, but there are issues of the transition period.” The formation of a federal information system in Russia has been going on since the mid-2000s years. In 2013-2014, more than 200 million rubles were spent on its creation, and since January 1, 2017, the regions have been using it exclusively. For the operation of the system, in addition to the traffic police, the Department of Information Technology, Communications and Information Protection of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as FKU NPO Special Equipment and Special Communications, is responsible. Now it turned out that despite all the money and time spent, the system still does not work correctly.

The Kommersant publication, citing sources in the UGIBDD of the capital, claims that approximately 5.4 million fines were not issued. According to statistics, in 2017, 24.6 million decisions were issued in Moscow with the help of complexes of photo and video recording of violations, and in 2016 - 11.7 million. A simple calculation shows that approximately 15% of traffic violations were left without punishment. And although the capital accounts for the lion's share of all traffic violations recorded by cameras (about 25-30%), this problem is also observed in the regions. It turns out that drivers are not fined?

Not those, and not for that

Don't worry, you get fined. Shortcomings in the work of the existing FIS does not mean at all that motorists will never receive a fine. True, here one cannot but pay attention to another existing problem - erroneous decisions. No one can say for sure how many wrong “letters of happiness” were sent to drivers in Russia. Suffice it to recall the most high-profile cases when drivers were punished for the shadow of a car moving along the side of the road, “driving” at a speed of over 200 km / h on a Gazelle, and even for speeding on a car that was being towed. All these are real “blunders” that arose due to the lack of a single federal center for fixing violations and a lack of personnel designed to weed out defective decisions. And, alas, in this sense, nothing changes in the system of punishing drivers with the help of cameras. And then it will be even more interesting! Already in November, drivers will begin to receive fines for driving without an OSAGO policy. So far only in Moscow, but then this practice will be extended to the regions. At the same time, the law does not provide for restrictions on the number of such resolutions. That is, formally violators will be able to receive a penalty receipt for 800 rubles every time they pass under the camera. But will these decisions come to those who really drive without OSAGO? And will it not turn out that some motorists will not be affected by this measure due to an error in the FIS database? So far, there is no answer to this question.

Penalties from cameras in Russia resemble a lottery.

But it is obvious that fines from cameras in Russia are already reminiscent of either roulette or a lottery. The violator may be fined, or they may not be fined - as lucky. Although owners of older cars have a certain advantage. As Piotr Shkumatov, coordinator of the Blue Buckets movement, explained to AvtoMir, the data of cars aged about 10 years are mostly incorrectly indicated in the FIS database, and it was their owners who did not receive resolutions. “This problem is a hundred years old at lunchtime. Do you remember how you treated data 10 years ago? Now all the information is entered normally, but the traffic police still have “tails”, because many people have old cars that do not change hands,” Shkumatov explained. In turn, the lawyer of the movement of motorists "Freedom of Choice" Sergei Radko considers the reason for this failure unclear. “This is a very strange story. If they combined regional and federal databases, couldn't the traffic police simply copy information from one computer to another? Radko is surprised. “Very similar to some kind of human factor. In addition, the second question arises: at what stage was the problem discovered? It is difficult to imagine that the police began to double-check the issued orders and found five million incorrectly displayed ones.

Will it get worse next?

Despite the lack of correct information on a large number of cars in the FIS system, Petr Shkumatov does not consider it necessary to “sound the alarm”. “We annually sell six million cars in the secondary market. Sooner or later, the database will be updated,” the activist is sure, adding that the problem can be solved manually, but this will require enormous effort and time. - In reality, the traffic police will wait until a person comes and performs some kind of registration action. The problem will go away by itself. One of these “lucky ones” will come, update the data, and after that everything will be fine,” the Blue Buckets coordinator noted, adding that sooner or later “this rink will crush everyone.” “We don’t know exactly who cameras will not penalize. No one can be sure that he will not receive a fine, and that his address will turn out to be incorrect or unreadable by the system,” agrees auto lawyer Serhiy Radko. That is, it will soon not be possible to “hide” from the camera simply at the expense of a used car.

It is very difficult to challenge the fine from the camera: erroneous decisions are issued due to a lack of personnel.

1. If there are no coordinates of the place of violation in the letter of happiness.

1.1. You can challenge the record! The date, time and place of the offense must be mandatory.

2. My phone number is 89773203866. Letter received happiness from Home money company?

2.1. So what? You probably took money from them and did not repay everything? Or did they just send it to you?

2.2. Most likely scammers! Probably something like "...your number has been chosen...".

2.3. Aliya, well, be happy if you received a letter of happiness :)
If you took out a loan and didn't repay it, they have the right to go to court. If this happens, contact a lawyer for protection.

3. If you did not receive a letter of happiness during the fine for plato, received a month later.

3.1. And what is the question, I'm not a fortune teller.

3.2. If you receive a late decision to impose liability in the form of a fine, you are not deprived of the right to appeal such a decision.
Thus, by virtue of Part 1 of Article 30.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, a complaint against a decision on an administrative offense can be filed within 10 days from the date of receipt of a copy of the decision. For example, if you received a copy of the decision on March 20, the last day of appeal will be April 1, 2019: we count from March 21, including March 21, 10 calendar days, it turns out March 30, but since this is a day off, the last day of appeal is transferred to the first working day - Monday, April 1st.

4. I lost my phone on it, they slandered it - 400 r (megaphone) sent a letter of happiness.

4.1. If you have not applied for a SIM card blocking application, it will be difficult for you to prove that you did not use it.
in any case, write a statement about the blocking of the SIM card - and about the absence of your fault. If you refuse to pay voluntarily, the operator will file a lawsuit - a court order will be issued - which can be canceled.
After that, they can file a claim, and already in court you will be required to prove that you did not use this SIM card. It can be done, but it takes time and expense. If you are ready write.

4.2. I lost my phone on it, they slandered it - 400 r (megaphone) sent a letter of happiness.
Hello, you should report the loss or theft of your phone to the police.

4.3. Hello Vyacheslav! Unfortunately, if you have not blocked the SIM card, then the mobile operator has grounds for collecting the amount of the debt from you.
Sincerely, LAW FIRM "ZAKON".

5. I received such a letter of happiness. What to do and how to behave in this situation?

5.1. This is an offer to voluntarily pay a debt. In case of refusal, the creditor really has the right to recover through the court, and then through the bailiffs. No one will deprive you of judicial protection, if the statute of limitations has passed, you can declare it. Art. 196 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.
Therefore, you can either pay the debt, but specifying the details of the creditor, or wait for their appeal to the court.

5.2. Hello Anton! Don't worry, the truth is on your side, just like the law. Ready to help legally get rid of credit, not bankruptcy. In confirmation, I can throw off the decisions of the courts in favor of the borrowers.

6. Received a letter of happiness, but it does not indicate a 50% discount. The question is why?

6.1. Such "LETTERS" do not indicate the deadline for paying the fine, this is provided for by the norm of the current legislation, therefore, if 20 days have not expired, you have the right to pay 50% of such a fine.

7. What needs to be done so that letters of happiness come to a different address, and not to a residence permit?

7.1. Everything is very simple. You need to change your registration address. You can do this in relation to any city in which you are located.

7.2. Hello, letters of happiness will definitely come only at the place of registration, you can write an application to be sent to a different address, but still come to the place of registration. There will still be an option to write a statement by mail about forwarding mail to another address, such a statement is written Once a year.

7.3. ☼ Hello,
Letters of happiness will always come only at the place of your permanent registration, there will be no other way
I wish you good luck and all the best!

7.4. Good afternoon, dear Olga
To do this, you need to change the registration and then they will come to the place of residence

Good luck to you and your loved ones!

8. A letter of happiness came for stopping in the zone of action of the sign 3.28 from the Parkon system, but according to the rules, stopping is not prohibited this time, in the second there was no sign what to do.

8.1. Hello.
You can appeal the decision within 10 days from the date of its receipt in accordance with Chapter 30 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

9. The violation was on July 23, 1919, the letter of "happiness" did not come, and today, on November 23, 19, a court order came, what to do, where to complain about this mess.

9.1. Hello.
For what business?

10. Today the "letter of happiness" came, the time was 7:40 in the morning. At that moment I was at home, as I had to work by 9:00

10.1. File a complaint with the head of the traffic police at the place where the decision was made or in court.

11. 07.10.2019 I violated the speed limit of traffic rules. I received a "letter of happiness" by mail, which indicates the date of consideration and the issuance of a decision - 11/13/2019. Was the deadline for issuing the decision violated?
Thank you.

11.1. Statute of limitations 2 months. The deadline has not been violated.

12. Yesterday I received two letters of happiness, a parking fine of 2500, and twice different times .. There was a sign on the windshield allowing parking for a disabled person. Since all the disabled places were occupied, they put them in a place where there was no “disabled person” sign, and went to the hospital.
The question is: are the fines justified, is it possible to appeal, is it worth going to court? Are there any chances to win?

12.1. You have no chance, you stood twice in different places not intended for the disabled.

13. I have overdue fines for drinking alcohol in the wrong place, I want to pay but lost, letters of happiness "" how can I pay them now and what punishment can I face?

13.1. Hello Alexey.
According to Part 1 of Art. 20.25 Administrative Code of the Russian Federation

1. Failure to pay an administrative fine within the period provided for by this Code -
shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine in the amount of twice the amount of the unpaid administrative fine, but not less than one thousand roubles, or administrative arrest for a term of up to fifteen days, or compulsory labor for a term of up to fifty hours.
You can find out about the imposed fines from the body (official) that brought you to administrative responsibility. However, it is better to do this in your personal account on the website of public services or on the website of the FSPP of the Russian Federation in the debt section (if enforcement proceedings have been initiated against you).
If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact me by private message.

Many drivers know that from July 1, a driver can be found guilty with available Photo- or video recordings of its violation. Modern photoradar monitors only the speed limit. All this is done only automatically. When establishing a violation, he searches the database for the number of the car, and accordingly finds the owner and writes out a receipt for the payment of the fine. Further, by mail, it comes to the offender.

A "letter of happiness" came from the traffic police

Upon receipt of the envelope, a person has only 31 days to pay the fine or appeal it. This is where the whole zest is, "letters of happiness" then come without notice. So if you tear it up and throw it away, then nothing will happen to you. After all, how do you bring the driver to responsibility, which he did not know about.

But if, nevertheless, you were brought to responsibility by mistake. What to do? There are several solutions here.

Challenging Letters

If you disagree with the decision, you must appeal it within ten days. In this case, the countdown time will start from the moment you signed for the received letter. But they do not always come with a notification, which is not encouraging. You will recognize this envelope immediately, as it will have the stamp of the State Traffic Inspectorate.

If you disagree with the evidence presented about the offense, you can also contact the video recording center. If you are a more advanced Internet user, then immediately send your feedback (with protest) by e-mail, it is advisable to do this with the notification that you received by mail.

If you want to participate personally in this procedure, then come with a letter to the video recording center. You can write your own application there. In this case, you should indicate that you want to participate in the proceedings.

If you have no time to follow the whole process, just confirm that you want the case to be considered without your participation, and also indicate your return address, to which the employees will send the result of the check.

You should also know that no one will deal with your business over the phone, you can only clarify what to do and where to go using it.

Payment of fines for "letters of happiness"

There is also another plus to receiving such a "letter of happiness". The machine makes a decision on its own, without judicial intervention, and therefore it will punish you to a minimum. Even if you exceeded the speed limit by 60 km/h, you will receive fine a little over 2000 Moreover, with a similar violation recorded by a traffic police officer (GAI), you would have to lose your rights. But now you will also not be able to resolve the conflict "peacefully", as cars do not take bribes.

Innocent drivers can always prove that they were not driving at all at that moment. To do this, you just need to bring a photocopy of the power of attorney that you issued to the person so that he can drive your vehicle. So at present it is better not to issue powers of attorney for everyone who is not lazy for your car, and even more so with the possibility of selling it.

"Letters of happiness" by SMS

Until recently, there were only two ways to find out if there are unpaid fines on the driver's account, one more inconvenient than the other. First: drive to the traffic police department and personally talk to the inspectors, second: register on the gosuslugi.ru portal and then wait for a letter with a password by mail. Ordinary, not electronic.

These problems are a thing of the past, the Moscow Department of Information Technology assures. As part of the pgu.mos.ru portal, two new services have been launched at once. With the help of the first of them, you can find out what penalties are charged for the motorist, as well as subscribe to SMS- mailing about the appearance of new "letters of happiness". To do this, it is enough to go through a simple registration procedure; it takes no more than 5 minutes. When registering, you must specify personal data: email address, mobile phone number (to which SMS notifications will be sent), full name and SNILS.

Cases of fraud - scammers send "letters of happiness"

There is also a negative side to the automatic issuance of a fine. With its advent, cases of fraud have become more frequent. Judging by the reviews, many people began to receive similar letters even by e-mail. So now it’s easy enough for scammers to find a car, take a picture of it, and after processing it in Photoshop, send a letter to the owner. So if you receive a letter that indicates an unknown account to pay a fine, do not rush to go and pay. Check it with the one that indicates traffic police. But the most correct solution would be to check the authenticity of the letter as indicated on our website.

In general, if possible, try not to violate the rules of the road. Since everything that was recorded by the radar will be stored in a special database of the traffic police (GAI). And even if you ignore this notice for a long time, it will certainly come to you soon, but will be handed over against receipt.

In Moscow alone, about 1,400 cameras are now working on the roads. With their help, in the first quarter of this year, the budget of the capital was replenished by violating motorists by an impressive amount - more than a billion rubles.

The main violations: speeding, violation of the rules of parking and stopping, driving along a dedicated lane or roadside, non-compliance with markings and signs that determine the direction of movement along the lanes. But the list of violations recorded by cameras is constantly expanding. The Center for Traffic Management in Moscow says that over time, cameras will record 17 types of violations!

We receive and pay

Fines come to us by mail. If the contents of the letter do not cause objections, you need to pay a fine within 70 days (10 days to appeal from the date of receipt and 60 days to execute the decision).

Let me remind you that now the fine can be paid at a 50% discount if you meet within 20 days from the date of execution of the decision. True, this is not always possible. Russian Post has never been distinguished by the speed of delivery. And we get orders very late. And how often do we look into mailboxes?

But the problem can be solved. To do this, I recommend registering on the State Services website and subscribing to alerts about fines. Then, immediately after the decision is made, you will receive an SMS notification on your mobile phone or an email and you can pay half as much. Keep in mind that if the fine was issued by a non-traffic police officer (in Moscow, for example, MADI employees can perform this function), then you will not receive a notification.

For those who disagree

If, having received a "letter of happiness", you saw an error (instead of your car in the photo of another) or are sure that you did not violate the rules, you need to appeal the decision. The protest procedure is, in principle, the same as for ordinary decisions on the driver's guilt in violating traffic rules. The difference is in the details.

The Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses establishes the following. If the offense was recorded by cameras operating in automatic mode, the decision is issued in electronic form with the attachment of photographic materials of the violation.

The fine is sent to the owner of the vehicle. The law, unfortunately, indicates the inoperative principle of the presumption of innocence in such cases. Therefore, it is you who are obliged to prove your innocence - if you trusted someone with your car, you will have to prove it.

It also happens that fines from the cameras come after the sale of the car. And all because the new owner has not made changes to the registration documents. In this case, a copy of the sales contract must be sent along with the complaint.

In any case, before going into a lawsuit, consider how justified it is. It's one thing when you get a fine for violating parking rules, for example, and the photo is not your car. Or the parking place in the photo does not match the address specified in the order. In this case, you have all the trump cards in your hands. If you try to cancel the decision, referring to the fact that you did not see the prohibition sign, you can hardly count on an acquittal.

And it may turn out that the costs of appealing will be more than the amount of the fine itself.

How to make a complaint

There is no single document form. The Administrative Code sets out certain requirements for the content of your application.

The complaint must state:

Where is served

From whom is the application

Which ruling is being challenged?

On what grounds should it be cancelled?

In the complaint, describe the situation in as much detail as possible and why you disagree with the decision. Since the duty to prove innocence rests with the driver, strong evidence is needed to overturn the decision.

So, for example, if you are accused of speeding, you can attach to the complaint data from the DVR (on electronic media), which records the speed. If we are talking about a violation of the markup, and you did not commit a violation, a record from the registrar will also help to achieve the cancellation of the decision.

If you were issued a ticket for unpaid parking in a paid parking area, and you made a payment, any confirmation of the transfer of money will help. This can be a printout from a mobile phone account or from a bank card. But if you are sure that you were standing in a permitted place, and the decision indicates a violation of the requirement of the sign “3.27” (Stopping is prohibited), then it will be difficult to prove your innocence. After all, you will have to give convincing reasons confirming the absence of a ban on stopping in a particular place.

Do not forget to attach a copy of the decision to the complaint.

Where to send a complaint

The law gives drivers the opportunity to choose where exactly to send their appeal: to a higher official in the traffic police (another body authorized to consider administrative cases) or to a district court.

If you file a complaint with the court, then you need to send it to the authority at the place where the offense was committed. The address of a particular court can be found on the Internet. To do this, in any search engine, it is enough to indicate: "jurisdiction at the address ...". A large number of sites will help you decide on the court that will hear your case.

Having chosen an appeal with a higher official of the traffic police, send the application directly to the same address from where you received the letter of happiness. There, your protest will be sent to the required authority.

If you do not want to waste time on proceedings, you can indicate in the complaint itself a request to consider the case without you. Of course, this will make it impossible to present additional evidence and give more detailed explanations. But after all, the cost of visiting the analysis group in the traffic police or participating in court hearings can take a lot of time and money.

Recently, you can also file a complaint electronically through the traffic police website. But I would recommend the usual, paper version. In this case, you will always have “correspondence” in your hands, which may be needed in further proceedings.

Deadlines for filing and considering a complaint

The application is submitted within 10 days from the receipt of a copy of the decision. If you find a chain letter in your mailbox too late, that's okay. Together with the complaint, write an application for the restoration of the deadline, in which indicate exactly when you learned about the fine and why you were not able to file a protest earlier. Both the courts and the traffic police, as a rule, always go forward and accept the complaint.

The traffic police has 10 days to consider the complaint, in court - 2 months from the date of receipt. In fact, the opposite happens: despite the strict deadlines prescribed by law, the traffic police may take more time. In court, such cases are usually dealt with quickly.

Letters of happiness: pay or appeal?