ADMINISTRATIVE FINES FOR VIOLATION OF TRAFFIC RULES MADE STRICTER

YEREVAN, MARCH 31, NOYAN TAPAN. The bill on making additions and
amendments to the RA Code of Administrative Infringements took effect
on March 24. The meeting held at the RA Police on March 30 was
dedicated to discussion of amendments and additions to administrative
fines for violation of traffic rules. The speakers presented in
detail the fines to be imposed for certian types of
violation. Particularly, a fine of 20 thousand drams (about 55
dollars) is envisaged in case of violation that results in a road
accident. Fines of 50 or 75 thousand drams are envisaged for driving a
vehicle in drunken state, while in case of repeated violation, the
driver may be deprived of the driving license for a year. A fine of 20
thousand drams is envisaged for driving a vehicle without a driving
license, and if the driver is already deprived of the licence, the
fine will make 300 thousand drams. If the driver does not stop the
vehicle in case of forbidding signal of the traffic-light, a fine of
10 thousand drams is envisaged, if the same violation is committed
within a year, the fine makes 30 thousand drams, and in case of
committing this violation for a third time, the driver is deprived of
his/her driving license for 6 months.

A fine of 20 thousand drams is envisaged for violation of pedestrian
crossing rules, and a fine of 5 thousand drams is imposed in case of
driving a vehicle without fastening the safety belt. A fine of 200
thousand drams is envisaged for not obeying the policeman’s order to
stop the vehicle, a fine of 300 thousand drams – in case of committing
the same violation within a year by a person without a driving
license; if the same violation is committed by a person with a driving
license, the driver is deprived of the license for 6 months.

In case of not paying the fine within 60 days, its amount is increased
fivefold, in case of refusal to pay the fine, it is confiscated by a
court decision. In response to questions of reporters, Head of the
Analytical Department of the RA Traffic Police Hayk Sargsian said that
cameras fixing violations of traffic rules have not been installed
yet. Responding to the question why 10 cars, which have parked near
the pedestrian crossing at the administrative building of the police,
are not punished for this violation, he said: "We have made the rules
of the Code stricter for efficient fight against violations.

There will be time when these violations will be eliminated, in any
case we want it to be so."