Penalties for Overloaded Vehicles: How to Avoid Them?

In 2020 overloading fines are swollen, especially when it comes to legal entities and sole proprietors.

Axle overloading fines

If found overloaded, vehicles face financial penalties issued by the Russian Traffic Patrol based on Part 21 of Article 12 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation. Overloading fines can range in severity depending on the excess weight of your vehicle. Not only the driver, but legal entities and officials would have to face the consequences. Penalties are imposed if a weighbridge revealed overloading at least on one truck axle.

Vehicle overweight by 2-10%

Penalty Amount:

• 20$ — for drivers
• 200$ — for officials
• up to 2000$ — for legal entities

Vehicle overweight by 10-20%

Penalty Amount:

• 50$ — for drivers
• 400$ — for officials
• up to 4000$ — for legal entities

Vehicle overweight by 20-50%

Penalty Amount:

• 130$ — for drivers (licenсe revocation for 4 months)
• 500$ — for officials
• up to 5000$ — for legal entities

10-20% of the limit specified in the resolution

Penalty Amount:

• 40$ — for drivers
• 300$ — for officials
• up to 3000$ — for legal entities

10-20% of the limit specified in the resolution

Penalty Amount:

• 130$ — for drivers
• 600$ — for officials
• up to 6000$ — for legal entities

In addition to the above-mentioned penalties, another fine can be issued — that is for ignoring the axle load limit sign. This is going to cost 60$.

Adhering to the correct load balancing is a way to avoid hefty penalties.

Overload monitoring system helps protect your business and your employees from fines, control the situation and maintain the technical state of vehicles. The data is transferred to fleet management trackers. In the real-time mode, managers can monitor the load information of trucks including location and time of various operations, and so on.