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On the afternoon of Tuesday, February 16, officers from the Lithuanian Highway Police Service stopped a BMW 525 car while patrolling Vilnius, Tūkstantmečio Street. A young man born in 1999 was behind the wheel of someone else’s vehicle. A review of data in police records revealed that it was a 21-year-old who had been stopped 41 times while driving without having the right to drive (he had not acquired this right). A person was fined the maximum fine of 450 euros provided for in the Code of Administrative Offenses for such a crime, a violation of Traffic Regulations.
This guy got his first ticket for driving a motor vehicle without the right to drive when he was just 16 years old. While still a minor, he was punished 8 times for such crimes. Since 2015, the young man has committed 53 various administrative offenses. In 2020, he was sanctioned 23 times for not having the right to drive.
This month, the boy celebrating his 22nd birthday was punished not only for driving without a driver’s license, but also for driving while intoxicated, as well as for speeding. One of those cases was when he was traveling at 147 km / h. speed, while the allowed driving speed is 90 km / h, the next time driving is 111 km / h. speed, although only 50 km / h are allowed on the road. speed. Another offense that posed a serious and great threat to other road users was when a man was driving a car at 102 km / h at a junction in Vilnius, Švitrigailos street, with a red traffic light. speed (permissible speed 50 km / h).
Other notable infractions of the Road Traffic Regulations committed by a young person: causing an accident, violating the rules of bending over, driving without fastening the seat belt, driving a vehicle not covered by the mandatory civil liability insurance, without mandatory proof of suitability .
It should also be noted that this member of our society does not pay the fines imposed on him above 17,000 euros.
Last year (2020), the police recorded the joy of 711 traffic accidents caused by people without the right to drive, and people were not injured in them. During the year, these people also committed 204 traffic accidents in which 10 people died and 248 were injured.
It should be noted that the Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior has submitted proposals to the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Transport and Communications that the Code of Administrative Offenses provides for the possibility of confiscation of the crime. A draft amendment to the Code of Administrative Offenses is currently being prepared, which will be submitted in accordance with the established procedure.
