Information about license revocation for turning on hazard lights as a thank you turned out to be fake - police refutation

A message is circulating online that car drivers have allegedly started to be penalized with license suspension for using emergency signals as a sign of gratitude. Deputy Head of the Patrol Police Department Oleksiy Biloshytskyi refuted this information, UNN reports with reference to Biloshytskyi's post on Telegram.

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Biloshytskyi noted that, according to traffic rules, drivers can turn on emergency signals in some cases. They are provided for in item 9.9 of the Traffic Rules:

• in case of a forced stop on the road;

• in case of a stop at the request of a police officer or as a result of the driver being blinded by headlight glare;

• on a mechanical vehicle moving with technical malfunctions, if such movement is not prohibited;

• on a towed mechanical vehicle;

• on a mechanical vehicle marked with the

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