The article considers the problems of inconsistence of normative acts regulating police powers in the sphere of road traffic safety. In particular, the right to stop a vehicle and other powers in the sphere of road traffic are vested only into specialized police forces (State Inspection of Road Traffic Safety of the Russian MIA). The question of similar powers other police officers possess remains unsolved, as they keep the right and duty to use norms of administrative liability in the sphere of road traffic. The attempted research allows the author to suggest optimization of police powers