Is it illegal to put stickers on a car?
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It is illegal to put stickers on a car if they do not comply with regulations. The relevant regulations regarding illegal car stickers include: 1. Special colors such as red for firefighting, yellow for engineering rescue, and the white and blue combination for national administrative law enforcement are reserved for special vehicles and cannot be used on ordinary vehicles; 2. Stickers or advertisements sprayed or pasted on the car must not affect safe driving; 3. The area covered by stickers must not exceed 30%, otherwise, you need to apply for filing with the traffic management department. If the car stickers do not meet the above regulations, the car will not pass the annual inspection and may face a fine of 500 to 1000 yuan.
Last time I got pulled over by traffic police for putting a football club sticker on my car, so this is really something to pay attention to. Body stickers are generally fine if they don't exceed 30% of the paint area, but you can't use reflective patterns or anything that obstructs visibility. Also, exclusive logos like police cars or ambulances are absolutely prohibited. If color-changing film covers more than one-third of the vehicle, you need to register it with the DMV and get a new license. Actually, the easiest trap to fall into is commercial advertising stickers, which require outdoor advertising management and business registration. Now I just put a small sticker in the lower right corner of the rear window, so I don't have to worry about failing the annual inspection.
I witnessed my friend being reprimanded by traffic police for covering their car with anime stickers. There are three dos and don'ts for car stickers: choose non-driving visibility areas like the side of the trunk lid; keep the total area within the size of three A4 sheets; avoid reflective materials and camouflage patterns. Never stick them on the windshield or the center of windows, don’t mimic exhaust pipe or muffler styles, and don’t alter the logos on wheel hub covers. A seasoned auto shop technician suggested the easiest method is to follow the appearance in the vehicle registration photo. If the stickers completely change the car's original color and appearance, the safest approach is to schedule a record update via the 12123 app.