Are mobile video cameras legal?

Rules for installing a tripod on the road

In recent years, more and more mobile-type video recording cameras (tripods) have been appearing on Russian roads, which record violations of the speed limit by drivers, after which the violators receive “chain letters” demanding to pay a fine. Most tripods belong to commercial organizations, are installed in unexpected and unreasonable places, are often hidden from view and do little to help traffic safety, but they increase the amount of cash flows to regional budgets and to the accounts of private companies themselves.

Is it legal to install mobile video cameras? What laws and standards govern the installation of tripods? Who has the right to participate in video traffic control, and what rules are the installers guided by?

Are tripods legal?

The traffic police are in charge of only stationary video recording systems for traffic violations, which are installed by the Traffic Safety Center of the Russian Federation. These are cameras on a rigid support such as “Rapier”, “Arena”, “Chris”, “Strelka”, mounted above the roadway in sections of the road with a high accident rate. They do not change their location, are installed outside the coverage areas of temporary signs, are marked with road signs “Video recording” (8.23) and transmit data to stationary traffic police posts, from where the information flows to the traffic police administrative violation processing center.

The State Traffic Inspectorate itself does not install video cameras - their installation and maintenance are the responsibility of regional administrations, which constantly experience a shortage of financial resources for the maintenance of road safety infrastructure. Therefore, there are not enough stationary video recording cameras, and local budgets solve this problem by attracting commercial organizations: they transfer the authority to install and maintain video equipment to private commercial organizations and individual entrepreneurs on an outsourcing basis.

The transfer of functions for video recording of traffic violations is legal: according to Federal Law No. 115 “On Concession Agreements”, local government authorities have the right, under an agreement, to transfer video recording functions to commercial investors. Legal entities and individual entrepreneurs who have signed a concession agreement with municipalities purchase, install and maintain video equipment at their own expense, for which they receive the right to independently:

record traffic violations;
print and send photo and video recordings to violators;
organize the payment of fines.

For performing these works, companies receive either a percentage of the amount of fines or a fixed amount of each fine paid (it is decided individually in each region). The traffic police controls the installation sites of such video cameras on the roads and endorses a work permit for each private installer.

For commercial reasons, private service organizations choose to install mobile video equipment (tripods) such as Sokol-M, Berkut, Binar, Iskra, Radius, and Vizir. These video cameras are cheaper than stationary systems, their location can be quickly changed, and they are not subject to the requirement to install a “Video recording” sign or temporary road signs. The cameras are installed in close proximity to the roadway and transmit information to mobile devices of operators, who may be in a car parked at the side of the road, or directly to the traffic police data processing center.

With such “preferential” conditions for the installation and operation of video recording cameras, the task of maintaining and improving road safety is at the very bottom of the list of priorities for a commercial service company. Many private investors see only good earnings here and violate business rules to increase profits, creating a lot of problems for car enthusiasts.

Rules for installing private video cameras

Meanwhile, rules for installing mobile video equipment exist, are regulated by the Administrative Regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (clauses 43, 55-57) and quite clearly interpret the responsibilities of persons conducting video recording of traffic violations.

Mobile video recording cameras can be installed by commercial organizations that have entered into a concession agreement in the following places:

increased accident risk on roads;
where there is no stationary video recording;
which are designated by the leadership of the local traffic police department;
where they can be seen by drivers from afar.

Each camera must be tested and certified by the traffic police, and operating personnel must undergo special training and testing. Each video recording crew (2 people) must have a package of documents on hand: certificates for equipment and qualifications of specialists, a visa from the head of the regional traffic police for the right to perform these works, indicating the exact location of the video camera installation on a specific section of the road.

GOST standards for video equipment

In order to bring the activities of private organizations providing video recording services for traffic violations to uniform rules, since 2017 the Russian Federation has introduced GOSTs R 57144–2016 and R 57145–2016 regulating technical requirements for video equipment. According to these federal standards, video recording cameras must:

have a radar, inductive, piezoelectric, magnetic or laser operating principle;
fix speed 20-250 km/h;
recognize license plates in any weather and time of day with a probability of at least 90%;
capture the distinctive features of any car in a photo;
be technically sound and free from defects;
measure the speed of a car at a distance of no closer than 50 meters, if equipped with a tracking option (fixing the trajectory of the car);
use non-hazardous infrared illumination rather than a flash to determine the license plate number.

Mobile tripods can be installed on road sections with high accident rates (more than 3 accidents over the last year), a high concentration of traffic violations or poor visibility, at intersections and near schools.

It is not allowed to install cameras on non-emergency sections of highways, in bushes, behind poles, behind road bends, in a car or behind a car body, on a highway with large elevation changes, on unlit sections of roads in the dark, or in the absence of a 3-meter wide shoulder. Each camera must be equipped with an infrared license plate recognizer, internal memory and photo printing options.

Instructions for use of video recording cameras

According to the standard operating instructions for video recording cameras, the tripod:

can control a straight section of road up to 60 meters long with high accuracy;
should be on the side of the road no closer than 3 meters from the roadway;
can be installed no further than 17 meters from a single-lane road, 13 meters from a two-lane road, 9 meters from a three-lane road and 5 meters from a four-lane road;
must have a turning angle along a reference point parallel to the edge of the road;
may have a speed measurement error of no more than 2 km/h.

The video camera is controlled from a mobile post by two employees (except for equipment that is fully automated and immediately transmits data to stationary traffic police posts).

Thus, the rules for installing tripods on the road are a clear list of requirements that companies servicing video equipment must comply with, since most of the rules are legislative. Compliance with the rules for installing video recording cameras allows you to work legally and transparently, ensures equal rights for road users and actually reduces the number of traffic violations.

Since most private investors involved in video recording are not inclined to follow the “rules of the game” in the pursuit of profit, their services more often cause harm on the road than help. On the other hand, violation of GOSTs, administrative regulations and operating instructions for cameras by operating companies gives competent drivers a chance to successfully appeal fines issued from video cameras and put forward counterclaims.

Tripods on the roads - is this legal in 2019?

Tripod cameras that record motorists violating the speed limit on the roads have been one of the hottest topics of discussion among Russian motorists for several years now. The fact is that some of these video recording devices are installed by civilians for the purpose of earning money (they receive a percentage of the fine), and not to ensure road safety.

In the summer of 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke out against the hidden use of video recording devices, and the State Duma is considering a bill on the removal of tripods in favor of the state. Let us tell you in more detail who has the right to install tripods on the roads and whether it is legal in 2019. Read further in the article for the latest legislative news.

Why is society against tripods?

Are tripods legal on the roads in 2019? Yes, the installation of these video recording devices absolutely complies with current legislation. Moreover, private enterprises, both individual entrepreneurs and legal entities, have the right not only to establish them, but also to collect fines (they print and deliver decisions, and track payments).

Who specifically installs them is chosen by the relevant government agencies; the motorist community does not participate in this process. And for their activities, “private owners” receive a percentage of the fine. That is, they are actually interested in more fines, because the profit they make depends on it.

Private owners know about places where installation will allow them to impose a greater number of administrative penalties. And these are not always areas with a high accident rate, but, for example, areas where drivers are simply forced to slightly exceed the speed limit.

Thus, tripod owners are not interested in reducing the number of accidents and crimes, but quite the opposite. Therefore, owners often even hide them. Which distorts the very idea of video recording as a means designed to reduce the number of offenses on the road and improve the safety of road users. The President of the Russian Federation also shares this opinion. He directly called this situation a substitution of concepts, the very meaning of installing these means. Thus, the fight against tripods occurs with the approval of V.V. Putin.

Terms of use

The use of tripods is based on the norm of the Code of Administrative Offences, where in Art. 2.6.1. it is stated that it is allowed to record offenses using special technical means. Thus, the code directly states what the tripod records: a violation of traffic rules. This is the main task of using this tool.

Why aren't tripods marked on the roads? Installation authority is granted on the basis of a concession agreement in accordance with Federal Law No. 115 dated July 21, 2005, however, this document establishes the rights and obligations regarding installation and collection of fines. Rules for the use of special equipment must be approved at the legislative level.

However, unified rules for installing a tripod on the road in 2019 have not been developed, and there is no unified set of rules for the use of photo and video recording equipment on the roads. There is GOST R 52289-2004 on road signs, but these portable means of fixation are not specified in it.

Thus, at the moment there are the following problems with the use of tripods:

the installation has been transferred to private hands, and the owners have a financial interest in increasing the number of offenses;
there are no uniform rules for the use of tripods; they are often installed on civilian vehicles, which is not prohibited by the Administrative Regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation;
tripods are not marked on the roads, they are installed with the aim of increasing the commercial benefits of their installation.

When will tripods be abolished - the law

There is no reason yet to believe that legislators and law enforcement officials intend to act so radically. The idea of using tripods is not being completely abandoned, but the practice of using them will be seriously revised in the near future, this can be said with complete certainty.

There is a draft law on tripods of 2019 (No. 743069-7), which has currently only been submitted to the State Duma and has not yet been adopted even in the first reading (the document is undergoing preliminary consideration by relevant committees).

The main ideas of this bill are quite consistent with public opinion:

it is necessary to transfer all photo and video recording equipment to the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation or constituent entities of the Russian Federation;
uniform requirements for tripods should be established at the level of the Government of the Russian Federation;
The government should develop a procedure for placing tripods on roads, including a procedure for selecting installation sites.

Judging by the speed of progress of the project in the State Duma, the law on video recording cameras on roads will not be adopted in 2019, but there is reason to believe that this will happen in 2020, since the President of the Russian Federation has come out against tripods. At one of the State Council meetings, he sharply spoke out against the transfer of cameras into the hands of private owners, but did not stop there. In July V.V. Putin sent about 40 instructions to the Government in the field of traffic regulation. Tripods were also mentioned. The President instructed the Government by February 1, 2020:

start informing drivers about their installation locations;
develop rules that would cancel fines imposed due to the use of improperly installed tripods.

Thus, there is reason to believe that next year will become a landmark year in terms of the use of automatic cameras on Russian roads.

Tripod video cameras on the roads

In 2019, individual entrepreneurs are allowed to install tripod cameras on roads in potentially dangerous places.

In Russia, every day on highways and country roads there are a huge number of accidents with deaths and serious injuries. The massive mortality and maiming forced the state to call the private sector to help the traffic police officers by installing tripod cameras.

Legislative framework for tripods

The Code of Administrative Offenses (CAO) of the Russian Federation allows citizens in 2019 to control the speed limit of traffic flows by video recording special equipment purchased at their own expense.

Traffic police officers enter into agreements with interested private individuals to transmit the information received to the appropriate structures authorized to issue fines to drivers who violate the speed limit on the roads.

It is allowed to conclude a contract for the transfer of filming to the relevant traffic police organizations:

legal entities;
individual entrepreneurs;
road service organizations.

Video recording systems undergo mandatory verification of certification documents. The compliance of the video recording camera with the relevant current legislation of the country is checked. Operating personnel are required to undergo training in the operation of control systems. Know the rules for installing video clamps.

Installation of electronic video surveillance equipment is carried out in certain sectors where there is no stationary video surveillance. Installation, operation, and data transfer operations are carried out in accordance with the current legislation of the country. Legal entities, individual entrepreneurs, and other entities receive as a reward a percentage of the fines imposed on drivers who violated the speed limit and recorded by cameras.

Drivers' reactions to tripod cameras

It is instructive to begin this part of the story with the statement of the brilliant writer Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol, who wrote: “And what Russian does not like driving fast...”. During the years of his life it was all about horse triplets. Today we are discussing the life of a person surrounded by a host of cars, the engines of which prance with billions of horsepower.

In the country, a bloody trail of maimed and ruined lives in frequent road accidents spreads along the highways. In principle, the number of victims of car accidents is comparable to the loss of life during the war. It is not because life is good that the state took such measures to force reckless drivers to slow down and obey traffic rules. The innovation, as one would expect, was “protested” by part of the Russian driving force. The installed tripods that control vehicle traffic are assigned to be guarded by private security companies.

There is a joke or truth circulating in the regions of Russia with the following content. In one well-known area, during a social feast, the issue of removing the tripods being installed was discussed. And they came up with it. They duplicated a security officer's car of a similar brand and copied the registration number of the security guard's car from the original onto cardboard. Then, under this number, we drove through the controlled area 4 times at a speed of 140 km/h.

Soon the private security company employee received 4 fines for an impressive amount. After some time, the fixing tripod disappeared from its previous location.

Hit of the season - tripod radars and other private cameras

By allowing private owners to video record high-speed traffic on highways, the government deliberately created a unique type of commerce. An installed tripod on the side of the road, where drivers often exceed the speed limit, brings the camera owner a good income in the form of a percentage of the fines imposed on reckless drivers.

Many violators complain that notifications of imposed fines are received late on the Internet. The phenomenon is explained by the leisurely processing of the material taken from the camera, indicating the commission of an administrative offense. The deadlines are partly delayed due to the vast territory of the Russian Federation. Imagine the geographical scale of a state that makes up 1/6 of the Earth. Russia barely moves across its territory between the poles.

And what is the speed of sending an electronic document to a Far Eastern truck driver who has exceeded the speed of the truck in the Moscow region? You may receive notice of the fine after six months or 12 months. This is a legal fine. Despite the fact that they are issued electronically, the speed of punishment is unhurried, since there are tens of millions of recorded facts of speed limit violations. Electronics in file sweat are choking from overload.

The state initiates the installation of private cameras

According to the relevant articles of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, the state is interested in installing additional speed limiters for cars on dangerous sections of highways. Practice has shown that this activity has created another type of commerce, beneficial to both the owners of video complexes and the state.

Fines for traffic violations go to the treasury, and owners of video recorders receive percentage payments. There are millions of violations. Private owners who have installed tripod cameras on all kinds of roads are interested in seeing many more violations.

Innovations in Russia are traditionally transformed into a product that is undesirable to society. The essence of the phenomenon can be expressed in the words of the country’s former Prime Minister Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin: “We wanted the best, but it turned out as always.”

According to the latest information, errors made by equipment that records vehicle speeds have become critical. Deputies have prepared a bill designed to abolish the practice of private individuals measuring the speed of vehicles on Russian roads. This is not the first time that deputies have demanded the liquidation of concessions. They propose to gradually transfer the authority to the state to install video recorders.

The developers and deputies of the State Duma note that the developed practice of using road control by private owners has changed the core motive of the event. They call the approach to the problem a purely commercial project aimed at making a profit. Legalized video recording for private owners has become an absolute motivator for reducing the number of offenses by drivers, and a means of obtaining maximum personal income.

Are tripods legal on the roads?

Recently, portable video recording posts have been multiplying on domestic highways, like young bees in hives. Buying functional fixing stations is expensive. And the camera mounted on a tripod can be carried and transported over long distances without difficulty. Drivers have a legitimate question: is this legal?

According to the latest news from the State Duma, deputies are heatedly arguing among themselves on this topic. But there is no concrete solution. This means that private individuals who have passed a certain registration in the Russian Highways have the legal right to hide a mobile tripod installation in the bushes and clip coupons. Parliamentarians want to redirect the cash interest flow for administrative violations, which were recorded by a portable camera, to the budgets of organizations operating sections of the road.

It’s a good thing, but it’s hardly feasible, since someone will lose significant sums from the reform of redefining income generated out of thin air.

Predicting the future of events related to the debates of parliamentarians on the topic of how to harness video cameras means burdening yourself with unbearable forecasting delights. But one thing is clear: the issue requires legislative revision. Will wait.

What violations are recorded by video camera tripods?

Functionality depends on the type of latch. Stationary, mobile, portable are used. The latter are installed and configured daily by traffic police to record the speed limit of traffic flow.

This is not required for stations. The cameras are permanently placed in places selected by traffic police officers. The setup is one-time only.

The stations record the following traffic violations:

exceeding the speed limit;
crossing the stop line;
driving on the sidewalk;
driving in the oncoming lane and so on.

Portable video recorders establish control over vehicle speed limits.

Can portable video recorders record other traffic violations? It all depends on the type of video equipment used and its functionality. In principle, they can, as systems improve and innovative options appear. But today this is not required of them.

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For several weeks now, Chelyabinsk motorists have been sounding the alarm and literally inundating us with messages about the appearance of mysterious tripods on the roads. Devices on struts stand next to civilian vehicles and, apparently, with a predatory gaze they identify violators in the stream. Who placed tripods around Chelyabinsk and how legal it is - read the material Autochel.ru.

What's happened?

Devices that detect and record violations of traffic rules have been spotted in the city. They look like small boxes on three legs and are usually located at large intersections or wide roads. There are two or three cars nearby. “On Universitetskaya Embankment there are now strange cameras with no warning signs that they are filming. Moreover, the cameras are installed by people in civilian clothes, the cars standing nearby, from where the wires extend to the cameras, are not police cars, one of our readers writes to us. “Is this a violation of the law, since stationary cameras are equipped with special signs indicating their presence?”

So, neither the devices themselves nor the cars are marked with any signs - who do they belong to, what do they record, and who will then demand an answer for speeding? Until today, these questions remained open.

What are these devices?

Boxes on tripods are nothing more than a mobile hardware-software complex (hereinafter referred to as APC) “Kris-P”. It monitors the speed of the vehicle and, if it is exceeded, records the violation. Without going into details, the device captures the state sign in the frame, recognizes it, determines at what speed the sign “floats” over the roadway and, using this information, calculates the speed of the vehicle. When a violation is recorded, the numbers themselves, the date, time and location of the speeding, as well as the direction of movement of the car are saved in the device’s memory. The car itself, along with the state sign, are photographed.

Who placed the Chris-P agricultural complex throughout Chelyabinsk and on what grounds?

Mobile complexes "Chris-P" belong to PJSC Rostelecom. Since 2015, it was this company, within the framework of a public-private partnership with the Government of the Chelyabinsk Region, that installed stationary and mobile photo-video recording systems in Chelyabinsk and on suburban routes.

“At the beginning of 2015, we placed video surveillance systems in 18 of the busiest areas of the city - intersections and pedestrian crossings,” says Alexander Beleichev, director of the Chelyabinsk branch of Rostelecom PJSC . – A total of 327 video cameras. They have already shown very good results: over six months, the accident rate in these areas decreased by 63%.”

It turns out that recording traffic violations is carried out by a civil company, and not by the traffic police. Is this legal?

There are no discrepancies with the law here. The practice of transferring part of the responsibilities for monitoring and recording violations to budgetary institutions and civil organizations is very common.

“At the moment, almost all agrarian and industrial complexes for recording administrative offenses in Russia are on the balance sheet of state or civil organizations. This was done in order to reduce the burden on the police, the press service of the Chelyabinsk branch of Rostelecom clarifies. – The police have also prepared various instructions and recommendations on this issue. For example, the text of the order of the Main Directorate for Ensuring Road Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the intradepartmental telegram from the Chief Inspector of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, Lieutenant General Viktor Nilov, recommend using the services of civil organizations to install an automated complex for photo-video recording of administrative offenses.”

Is it possible to place mobile photo and video recording systems near the roadway without warning signs for drivers?

One of the common complaints from motorists who contact us is that tripods are found in random places; there are no signs indicating that a photo or video recording complex is located in this area.

“Is it possible to install a radar underground?” – our readers ask. According to GOST R 52289-2004, plate 8.23 “Photo and video recording” is used to inform about the possible recording of traffic violations by stationary automatic means. The document also states that a stationary device is a device operating in automatic mode, having the functions of photographing, filming, and video recording, placed on structures mounted on a fixed base, or inside these structures.

Meanwhile, the Chris-P APK is a mobile device, which means that additional information about its operation on a particular section of the road is not necessary.

Where does information about violations recorded by complexes go?

Another complaint from motorists is on what basis we are being fined not by the traffic police, but by a commercial organization. In fact, Rostelecom does not fine you. The company transfers all information about violators collected by both the Chris-P agricultural complex and other multifunctional complexes to the Center for Automated Recording of Administrative Offenses of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Chelyabinsk Region. Already there, police officers manually check each fact and make a final decision - there was a violation or not.

What if the device was installed by a fraudster? How to make sure that the fine was actually issued by traffic police officers, and not by dubious individuals?

Everything is very simple here. Firstly, you can get a list of all issued fines from any traffic police department in the city. Secondly, to check the authenticity of the order, you just need to go to the Internet - information about all your “flights” is on the official website of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate and the Government Services Portal of the Russian Federation. Thirdly, the payment receipt indicates the recipient’s details. If they correspond to the details of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the region in which the decision was made against you, then any fears of fraud are groundless.

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How many mobile complexes operate in Chelyabinsk today and where can they be found?

As the press service of the Chelyabinsk branch of Rostelecom reported, the company currently uses 15 mobile photo and video recording systems. They are installed in areas recommended by the State Traffic Inspectorate. These are, as a rule, hazardous intersections and sections of roads.

“The list of sites is indicated in the technical specifications of the state contract. The installation plan for the agricultural complex has been approved by the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, emphasizes Rostelecom PJSC. “The work of the agricultural complex is monitored by traffic police inspectors who process violations, as well as other police officers involved in the process of collecting, storing and protecting transmitted information.”

Do you know where cameras recording traffic violations are installed illegally or incorrectly - let us know

Russian President, leader of the ONF Vladimir Putin today declared the inadmissibility of installing hidden cameras on roads at a meeting of the State Council for the development of a network of public roads and ensuring road safety. The purpose of their installation is to reduce accidents and injuries on the roads and save people’s lives, the head of state emphasized.

The installation of cameras must comply with certain conditions of the road section, and special signs must warn of their presence. If this condition is not met, then activists of the project “Road Inspectorate of the ONF / Map of Dead Roads” urge citizens to report this in the “Dead Roads” mobile application. The Popular Front is ready to send the information received to the prosecutor’s office, said State Duma deputy Alexander Vasiliev, coordinator of the ONF project “Road Inspectorate of the ONF/Map of Dead Roads”.

Vasiliev called on citizens to pay attention to violations when installing cameras on the roads. “The deployment of cameras is approved by certain rules in order to increase the security of a particular area. Therefore, they should not appear randomly, like mushrooms,” he said.

Activists of the project “Road Inspection of the ONF/Map of Dead Roads” will monitor for such inconsistencies, when there is a camera, but there is no warning sign, or when the installation of cameras is not required by law, but they exist.

“We will collect this information and send it to the prosecutor’s office so that control areas are brought into compliance with legal requirements,” Vasiliev emphasized.

He noted that it is necessary to comply with the speed limit, but cameras should not be a means of making money: “It should be a means of ensuring road safety.”

So, if there is a normal safety situation on a road section and cars always drive at a speed of 60 km/h, but suddenly a sign appears requiring you to drive at a speed of 40 km/h, then this leads to suspicions about the desire of local authorities to earn money for the budget from fines . “And this is already a violation of the law, for which liability is provided. The installation of cameras must correspond to the situation on the road and be approved by the head of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the region,” Vasiliev explained.

Let us remind you that since January 2013, a new sign has appeared in the Traffic Rules - 8.23 “Photo and video recording” to inform about the possible recording of traffic violations by stationary photo and video recording cameras.

Here's what it looks like:

According to GOST R 52289-2004 “Technical means of organizing traffic. Rules for the use of road signs, markings, traffic lights, road barriers and guide devices” plate 8.23 “Photo and video recording” is used only in conjunction with the following signs:

— 1.1 “Railway crossing with a barrier”;

— 1.2 “Railway crossing without a barrier”;

— 1.8 “Traffic light regulation”;

— 1.22 “Pedestrian crossing”;

— 3.1 “Entry is prohibited”;

— 3.2 “Movement is prohibited”;

— 3.3 “The movement of motor vehicles is prohibited”;

— 3.4 “Truck traffic is prohibited”;

— 3.5 “Motorcycles are prohibited”;

— 3.6 “Movement of tractors is prohibited”;

— 3.7 “Moving with a trailer is prohibited”;

— 3.18.1 “Right turn is prohibited”;

— 3.18.2 “Left turn is prohibited”;

— 3.19 “Turning is prohibited”;

— 3.20 “Overtaking is prohibited”;

— 3.22 “Overtaking by trucks is prohibited”;

— 3.24 “Maximum speed limit”;

— 3.27 “Stopping is prohibited”;

— 3.28 “Parking is prohibited”;

— 3.29 “Parking is prohibited on odd days of the month”;

— 3.30 “Parking is prohibited on even days of the month”;

— 5.14 “Lane for route vehicles”;

— 5.27 “Zone with limited parking”;

— 5.31 “Zone with maximum speed limit.”

This sign can also be installed with traffic lights. The sign is installed to inform about the possible recording of traffic violations by stationary automatic means on this section of the road.

It is also possible to use the corresponding markings - 1.24.4. But this is not a mandatory requirement. If it is applied, then in the same cross-section of the road with sign 8.23. On multi-lane roads, markings 1.24.4 are applied on each lane, with the exception of cases when the fixation is carried out along a dedicated lane.

The distance from the camera itself, at which sign 8.23 “Photo and video recording” should be installed, is not regulated by regulatory documents.

You can report illegal or incorrectly installed stationary photo and video traffic cameras through the “Dead Roads” mobile application by selecting the “Road sign” or “Marking, sign, traffic light” section when adding a defect, depending on the version of the application and the OS of your phone.

You can download the application in the App Store and Google Play

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ALEXEY September 12, 2019 15:30

We know where cameras are installed illegally without approval of their locations: in the Rostov region there are 126 mobile KRIS-p complexes, and I also inform you that they do not have a valid certificate of approval of measuring instruments, and I also inform you that they do not have a certificate of conformity, and I also inform you that they operate beyond their service life. Please check

Alexander October 21, 2019 10:18

In front of the settlement of Ateptsevo, Naro-Fominsk district, Moscow region, near the gas station, 20 meters behind the speed limit sign (40 km/h), a “SKAT” is installed on Fridays and Sundays. Serial number 1801027. The driver uses an Audi state car. number A439VO 67 region. Is the “SKAT” tripod for fixing speed installed legally, since this tripod fixes speed at a distance of more than 100 meters. Therefore, even 70-80 meters before the speed limit sign, any car moving at a speed of 70-80 km/h automatically falls within the coverage area of the specified device and is thereby a speed limit violator. There are no warning signs that there is no video recording of the speed limit. Please check the legality of the installation of the SKAT tripod in the indicated place by the driver of the above vehicle. There is a photo of the car and the SKAT tripod.

Andrey November 1, 2019 8:44 am

At the address 24 km + 600 m, highway M-1 "Belarus", in Moscow in October 2019, the Skat tripod No. 1801088 appeared. It is located right behind the Vnukovo interchange under construction where the speed limit is 50 km/h. Installed at the exit from the gas station, hidden behind a metal bumper. Of the road signs, only sign 5.23.2 (beginning of the settlement) stands somehow modestly and unnoticed, and 50 meters behind it is 3.31 (end of the zone of all restrictions). EVERYTHING, nothing more. Drivers, after seeing a restriction on a section under construction, seeing sign 3.31 naturally increase speed (I note once again that sign 5.23.2 is there, but somehow very modestly and not conspicuously, especially from the left lane). But what struck me most was that from the moment the violation was recorded until the decision on the violation was issued, it took almost two weeks. The resolution is visible in electronic form on the same day, but here you continue to violate (without realizing it) for another two weeks. Where is the prevention? (according to Putin). Purely stuffing your pocket. And “letters of happiness” began to arrive every day and I can already guess how many more will come.

Alexander November 6, 2019 8:49 am

Please pay attention to Andrey’s message dated November 1, 2019, 8:44 am. Today I approached the “guards” of the camera and heard in response - they believe that the permitted speed here is 60 km/h, and if you don’t believe me, look at Yandex.Maps. So, now our speed limit is determined not by road signs, but by Yandex. PLEASE RESPONSE

Sergey November 14, 2019 9:11 am

In the city of Zarechny, Penza region, several video cameras are installed to record speeding. At the same time, there are no signs everywhere warning that violations are being video recorded. The cameras are working, the fines are coming. Please sort it out.

Vladimir November 15, 2019 18:15

Crimea, Tavrida highway, on one section of Kerch-Simferopol 34 km, there are temporary speed limit signs, portable cameras are installed every 200 meters, four in a row, and the signs alternate, 40 and 60

Denis Bychkov November 28, 2019 0:26

The installed camera on Borisovskie Prudy St., 22, building 1, Moscow, is located without the 8.23 Photo-video recording sign, which is installed in advance. I think this was done intentionally because... Previously there was already a camera there, but over time it was removed, and now it has been installed again and again in violation, I think so.

Anatoly November 29, 2019 12:42

Hello. For several days, a private tripod records the speed limit at the entrance to the regional center of Serebryanye Prudy, Moscow region - without warning signs about photo and video recording. There was no response to the comments of many traffic participants to the operator of this camera that it is necessary to indicate its location. Contacts to the local The Department of Internal Affairs on this issue does not bring any results. We ask for your help in solving this problem!

Svetlana November 30, 2019 4:11 pm

Klinsky district, at the entrance to the villages of Velmogovo and Reshetnikovo. There are two tripods without a video camera sign at a distance of less than 1 km from each other. The cars are hidden. Please sort it out. Thank you.