Friday, March 23, 2012

Speed Check: Cameras prove effective in decreasing violations

Since January 17 surveillance and speed cameras installed at some busy junctions of Yerevan streets have registered 22,600 violations of traffic rules. Since that date 15 speed and 48 surveillance cameras have been in operation in the capital.

A total of 4,750 notes about violations have been sent to legal entities, penalties have been levied from 1,800 addressees of them.

According to head of the Achilles Center for Drivers’ Rights Eduard Hovhannisyan, the violations related to speeding have decreased.

"Now the violations at intersections dominate, they are five times more than the speeding violations," Hovhannisyan says.

Road Patrol Service of the Armenian Police reports that since January 1, 129 road accidents were registered in Yerevan, resulting in seven deaths, and 160 injuries.

Armenian News

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