ARMENIAN TRAFFIC POLICE WRAPPING UP ITS TRAFFIC REGULATION CAMPAIGN

ARKA
March 15, 2010

YEREVAN, March 15. /ARKA/. Armenian traffic police will wrap up its
traffic regulation campaign by late March, Armenian Traffic Police
Chief Markar Ohanyan said at a press conference on Thursday.

He said this campaign produces certain results -things improved on
some hard sports in Yerevan.

Ohanyan said that the traffic police will continue barring drivers
from pulling their buses and minibuses up anywhere.

Personal car drivers will be fined for parking on improper places.

Pedestrians who violate rules while crossing roads won’t be left
unpunished as well.

Ohanyan said that 210 traffic wardens and 75 members of a special
group watch the traffic every day.

He said that the traffic police intended to launch another campaign.

Traffic wardens will keep their eye on drivers to fine them for
smoking while driving cars and for throwing empty bottles and other
garbage from their windows.