Traveling under the "brick" for a long time led only to a fine, moreover, a relatively small one: the offender was supposed to pay only 300 rubles. However, recently there have been amendments to the law, allowing traffic police inspectors in a number of cases to punish for such an offense by deprivation of rights. Unscrupulous employees began to use this loophole, arbitrarily imposing “capital punishment” on drivers. In such situations, knowledge of the law helps to get off with just a fine.
Driving under the sign 3.1, which in the common people is called a brick, you are committing a violation under Article 12.16. Part 1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, i.e. do not comply with the requirement prescribed by this road sign. The punishment for this is a fine of 300 rubles or even a simple warning. The problem is that some traffic police inspectors are trying to convince the driver that in fact he violated Article 12.16. Part 3, i.e. drove onto a one-way road in the opposite direction. For such an offense, the punishment is much more severe - a fine of 5,000 rubles or deprivation of rights for a period of 4 months to six months.
The important thing here is that if there are no signs indicating the beginning of a one-way road section, then the "brick" only informs that entry is prohibited. Since the driver did not know that he was driving into the oncoming lane, there can be no question of any deprivation of the rights.
The second variant of a possible violation is if the "brick" hangs in such a way that it is very difficult to notice it. The reason for this may be the inconvenient location of the sign, the billboards, trees, etc. covering it. In this case, you can even get off with a simple warning or even complain to the traffic police about an inconspicuous sign.
Very often, traffic police officers try to impose the maximum fine or deprive the driver of his license if he entered a road intended for special transport: for example, official cars or buses. In this case, the punishment should also be a small fine, since the driver did not drive in the opposite direction on a one-way road, he only drove where he was not supposed to be.
Driving under the "brick" in a parking lot or gas station, you are heading along a section of the road where, for convenience, the movement of cars in one direction is provided. At the same time, we are not actually talking about a one-way road, and this is confirmed by the absence of special warning signs 5.5, which means that you only face a warning or a small fine.
