Initially, the bumper was conceived in the exterior of cars not as a decoration or a place for attaching a license plate, but as an energy-absorbing device for a car. However, the absence of a rear bumper can cause not only severe damage to parts in an accident, but also a reason for a fine.
Is it legal to drive without a rear bumper?
Allowed if you are driving a car and still managed to attach the state. room. According to GOST, a passenger car simply does not have a "rear protective device", to which, often, the rear bumper is attributed. The rear protective device is, for example, a bumper on a truck, which prevents it from falling under the truck body in the event of an accident involving a car.
However, it is not always possible to prove this to a traffic police officer. Practice shows that drivers were often fined for the absence of a rear bumper, under the guise of Article 12.5 of the Administrative Code, Part 1. "Driving in the presence of malfunctions or conditions under which the operation of vehicles is prohibited." If the traffic police still draw up a protocol of violation, feel free to write in it about your disagreement and go to court.
But there are also pitfalls here. On some passenger cars, the mudguard mounts are installed on the rear bumpers. In this case, your violation from the category of innocent pranks already falls under the article on administrative violation and entails a fine. Let me remind you that mud flaps, namely their absence, is the very case from Article 12.5, which prohibits the operation of a vehicle.
How does the absence of a rear bumper affect car handling and safety?
Yet the rear bumper was invented for a reason. First, it helps to improve the aerodynamic properties of the car, which in turn helps accelerate faster at the right moment and saves fuel.
Secondly, in case of an accident, if a gaping motorist drives into the car from behind, the damage of one or the other car will be much more serious than with a bumper. And if the owner of a car without a rear bumper, backing back, hits a pedestrian or an animal, then the hapless victim is unlikely to get off with minor bruises.
There are situations when parts such as the "rear bumper" are out of stock, and you have to wait for them for several weeks. Here, everyone decides for himself - either continue to cut the car through the streets of the city, risking waiting for the hapless Schumacher behind and invest not just in repairing the bumper, but also in the repair of unprotected car parts, or put the iron horse in the parking lot and calmly move on minibuses and a taxi waiting for the package.
