How to drive without insurance.

Good afternoon. I found this article. I am interested in whether such a scheme is applicable in today’s conditions, namely the use of a contract for free use in the absence of insurance.

If you took the passenger seat, entrusting the driving of the car to another driver who is not included in the insurance, then when checking the documents, the inspector will draw up a protocol under Article 12.37, paragraph 1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses - a fine. Your task is to transfer the driver to the owner, then Article 12.37 clause 1 is not applicable. The algorithm below may be too complex for an inspector, so it should only be used as a last resort.
1. We are hiding the policy away in order to exclude mention of Article 12.37, paragraph 1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses and paragraph 22 of the OSAGO Rules.
2. The owner of the car is the one who is recorded in the vehicle registration certificate. The owner is the one who controls the car. And this is not necessarily the owner, because the owner can write a power of attorney, and the car will have a new owner. The conclusion of an agreement, for example, for free use, also entails the emergence of ownership rights.
3. A power of attorney is a one-sided transaction, an agreement is a two-sided one.
4. In the understanding of the Civil Code, a power of attorney gives the right to perform legally significant actions (transactions) on behalf of the represented person, and nothing more. Driving a vehicle is an actual action, and therefore has nothing to do with the power of attorney. A power of attorney for the right to drive a vehicle is a sham transaction that covers the main one. The main agreement can be a contract of gratuitous use, lease, or purchase and sale. Article 1079 of the Civil Code reflects precisely this position, the so-called. everyday understanding of a power of attorney.
5. According to the law “On Compulsory Motor Liability Insurance”, the new owner of a car is given 5 days to obtain insurance (Article 4, paragraph 2).
So, take a piece of paper and write a power of attorney or an agreement for free use with the owner of the car today, and as the new owner you can drive for 5 days without insurance. The owner of the car, by power of attorney, can issue a new power of attorney, but only from a notary. Without a notary, he can enter into an agreement for free use, if this is provided for in the power of attorney.
In principle, it is possible without writing documents if the owner of the car is sitting in the passenger seat, because the absence of a written form does not entail the invalidity of the transaction (Article 162 of the Civil Code). And, if you find yourself in such a situation, then write exactly like this in the protocol: “I do not agree, because I have an oral agreement for free use from today. Law “On Compulsory Motor Liability Insurance”, Article 4, paragraph 2 for me, as the new owner , gives the right to obtain insurance within 5 days." (Example: Case No. 12-138/04 St. Petersburg 05/11/04 Moscow Federal Court)
Opinion of the Supreme Court (Question 52 for the 4th quarter of 2005): “... a person driving a car without a written power of attorney and having a driver’s license of this category, but in the presence of its owner or other legal owner, uses the vehicle legally. In this case, the proper defendant in cases of compensation for damage caused by a source of increased danger (vehicle) is the person who was driving the car at the time of the traffic accident.”