TRAFFIC POLICE: ARMENIAN PEDESTRIANS FINED WITH MORE THAN 6 MILLION DRAMS IN JANUARY
ARKA
Jan 28, 2010
YEREVAN, January 28. / ARKA /. Armenian pedestrians were fined 6
million 156 thousand drams for crossing the street in the wrong place
in January, the chief of traffic police Armenia Markar Ohanyan told
reporters on Wednesday.
"In the period from January 11 until January 25 2,052 pedestrians
were fined, 7506 drivers got tickets for not wearing seat belts,
and 2014 drivers for parking at public transport stops," said Ohanyan.
He said that before the Christmas holidays the traffic police tried to
make concessions to pedestrians and drivers in their minor violations.
At the same time the commander of the Traffic Police said almost all
drivers have started using seat belts and it has become part of their
everyday life.
"However, we must increase the traffic culture in the country, so
that drivers understand that seat belts are needed for themselves in
the first place," he said.
In this context, Ohanian noted the importance of the joint work of
traffic police and the media.
In Armenia, a penalty for crossing the street in the wrong place is
three thousand drams, and the fine for not having the seat belt on
is five thousand drams.