By 12 November, police had issued and sent 30 violation decisions to drivers at Yerevan’s Hrachya Kochar–Vagharshyan junction. An Interior Ministry spokesperson says 5 drivers had been fined there as of 2 November and another 300 decisions are being processed.
As of 12 November, police had issued and sent 30 decisions to drivers for blocking the Hrachya Kochar–Vagharshyan junction, Interior Ministry spokesperson Narek Sargsyan said. He said 5 drivers had been fined for the violation there as of 2 November, while another 300 decisions were being processed.
Under paragraph 88 of Armenia’s traffic rules, drivers must not enter a junction if congestion ahead would force them to stop and obstruct vehicles crossing their path. The Interior Ministry says the violation carries a 5000-dram fine and 1 penalty point under Article 124, paragraph 5, of the Administrative Offences Code.
Sargsyan said cameras record violations at the junction. He said patrol officers were absent because their presence would have prevented the cameras from recording the violation. The ministry had spent months informing the public about the rule; on 11 November, he said police had already issued numerous decisions for breaking it.
Sargsyan said police work on traffic safety and preventing violations, but that a broader response to congestion also requires measures involving roads, traffic organization, traffic lights and public transport. He said an interagency commission led by Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan was working on those issues.
Sargsyan said he expected the decisions still being processed to be sent to drivers in the coming days.
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