Police raids at a railway crossing inactive for a long time: punishable if it does not stop for a short time

And it doesn’t matter at all that the locomotive, which used to run here only once a day, hasn’t been running on the train tracks for at least a year.

Faced with such a situation, the residents of Pravieniškės and the employees of the prison located in this village are outraged that neither the Kaišiadorys district authorities nor the police are concerned at all about reality; So many times it has been requested that the STOP signal be removed, but it still stands. Not only that, police officers began to organize raids and punish those who violate the Traffic Rules with severe fines, they do not stop before crossing a crossing that does not work.

The old man from Pravieniškė, Kęstutis Marcinkevičius, does not hide that the situation is really curious, but says that there is nothing he can do; This issue was repeatedly discussed at the meeting of the Kaišiadorys District Municipality Traffic Safety Commission, but the traffic signal was not raised because the state company managing our crossing objected. Administration.

Our crafts employ convicts serving penalties for crimes in correctional houses in various parts of Lithuania, whose products were transported from Pravieniškės by rail.

According to the old man from Pravieniškės, although traffic on the train tracks does not occur, the company “Mūsų crafts” controlled by the Prison Department opposed the abolition of the STOP traffic sign. “And now he has turned against the officers who work in the Pravieniškės prison itself; to my knowledge, the police have punished not only the residents of our village, but also the prison employees for violating the TFE “.

K. Marcinkevičius did not hide the fact that he had recently been forced to go to the police for help: suspicious people, probably friends of the prisoners, began to visit the city, so officers were asked to supervise the order. At the same time, the police organized raids on the railroad crossing; those who did not stop before crossing the crossing were punished.

“If I am not mistaken, an officer who lives in Pravieniškės and is well aware that the trains do not move there participated in the raid, so a reasonable question arises: why is the infraction being sought so insistently”, surprised the former Vilnius judge Pavel Borkovskis, currently working as a lawyer. He had just signed a representation agreement with a prison official who had been administratively sanctioned by the police for violating the TFE.

The woman was fined 180 euros and deprived of the right to drive for two months for not stopping at the crossing. This is the most lenient sanction, since the Code of Administrative Offenses provides for a sanction of up to six months and a fine of up to 280 euros for people who violate these TFE requirements.

The lawyer P. Borkovskis is convinced that a disproportionate sanction has been imposed on the sanctioned official; he is already preparing a complaint to the Kaišiadorys court, which will ask for the revocation of the driving disqualification.

At the time, the woman, who had been punished by the police, said that that day she was driving from work to a correctional facility in Kaunas.

“A police car was driving behind me, there was a raid that day, and as soon as I crossed the crossing, they pulled me over, the woman couldn’t even remember if she hadn’t stopped for at least a moment before crossing the crossing of the rail. – However, I admit that I did not stop for a long time, but I really did not want to intentionally violate the KET. I understand that I acted irresponsibly, but this crossing has not been used for about a year, I drive to and from work all However, I understand that I had to comply with the KET requirements and follow the directions on the road sign.

The woman, who has more than 21 years of driving experience and has never been penalized for TCE violations, said she assumes responsibility for the violation, agrees to pay a fine, but believes she has been unjustifiably deprived of the right to drive.

“After all, the level crossing has not worked for a long time, the rails are not used, even if they are covered with trees, I have heard that in some places there are even dismantled rails, so today this level crossing only corresponds formally to the concept of level crossing, “he said.

If he lost the right to drive, he would also lose his job, and how else could he get to the Pravieniškės Correctional Center.

“The officials said there is nothing to worry about, there is public transport, but I wouldn’t worry if I worked in Kaunas and not in Pravieniškės,” he said. And he admitted that due to the violation of the KET, when he did not stop before the railway crossing, more than one official has already been administratively sanctioned in Pravieniškės, and some of them had to be dismissed from the service because they simply did not have the opportunity to go to him. .

A woman punished for not complying with the requirements of the TFE will appeal the police decision to the court, but if she had immediately accepted the protocol drawn up by the police, she would have had to pay a half fine: 90 euros.

“Paradoxical situation: I agree that I have committed an offense, I admit my guilt, but I do not agree with the amount of the penalty imposed on me, so I will still have to pay a fine of 180 euros instead of 90 , if my complaint is rejected “. that the state does not encourage its citizens to defend rights violated by the law, but offers to immediately agree with what the officials establish.

He did not hide that he had paid the fine imposed by the police immediately, but did not do so because he would have lost the right to drive vehicles from that moment on. “And then I couldn’t go to work,” the woman said.

The sanctioned officer submitted an application for the position of Pravieniškės elder, where he learned that a technical inspection of the railway crossings at Pravieniškės was carried out in summer, in which a representative of the Kaunas police also participated.

“It was decided that this road sign should be removed in the village of Pravieniškės, the police officers knew that there was no traffic through this crossing,” he said. “However, the traffic sign was not raised because it opposed ‘Our Crafts,’ and officials continue to punish drivers who do not stop.”

Inga Mauricienė, representative of the Department of Prisons Delphi He reported that “Our Crafts” has already changed position and is no longer opposed to the abolition of the STOP signage.

“As Vytautas Grinius, Director of Our Crafts, informed us, given that there is currently no temporary rail traffic, the company is not opposed to the abolition of the STOP sign; The director of the company sent a letter to the administration of the Kaišiadorys district municipality and the elders of Pravieniškės with the reply that the company is not opposed to the abolition of the STOP brand last week, ”says the response sent to editorial board.

At the time, Jurgis Ostromeckas, the head of the Kaišiadorys district police station, was only two months old. Delphi noted that the officers record all TFE violations, prepare various public and non-public measures throughout the territory under the supervision of the Kaišiadorys District Police Station, so the village of Pravienišk bes should not be excluded.

“From the beginning of the year to the present, 10 administrative misconduct protocols have been developed for this KET violation,” noted J. Ostromeckas.

According to the Chief of Police, the issue of revocation of the STOP traffic sign has been discussed several times in the Road Safety Commission of the Kaišiadorys District Municipality, but so far the consent of “Our Crafts” has not been received for remove the STOP road sign.

“In any case, you have to keep in mind that if there is a brand, it is valid and you have to observe it,” said Ostromeck, who is guided by the philosophy of being human first and then being a civil servant, and then not just trusted colleagues. . but also the population.