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According to Julia Samorokovskaya, a representative of the Vilnius County Police, in Vilnius County alone 8,103 cars were inspected on Saturday afternoon, of which 189 were turned over.
“There have been traffic jams since the traffic restrictions were announced at midnight, so this morning’s traffic showed that people were traveling and, if necessary, it was being checked by officials,” the head of the department of communications.
According to her, the inspections also revealed 19 violations of traffic regulations, four of them due to intoxication of drivers, eight protocols were drawn up for non-compliance with quarantine requirements and one drove without rights.
The driving ban between the country’s municipalities, with the exception of ring roads, came into force in Lithuania from midnight on Saturday. The ban was renewed by the government until April 6 inclusive to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Kaunas County Police Representative Odeta Vaitkevičienė informed BNS that there are no traffic jams at county posts and there are not many drivers off, but the exact data will be on Sunday.
Violations are not recorded in Panevėžys
As officials told the jp.lt portal on Saturday, there have been no serious violations so far. According to officials, people already know the basic rules of how to get to Panevėžys, so there are no violations.
“The city of Panevėžys was not significantly affected by these changes, as Panevėžys was located in the so-called black zone. There were no releases, departures from the city were previously supervised by officials. We will continue to monitor. We will review people’s documents, without good reason, residents will not be released and will not be allowed to enter Panevėžys Ring Township, ”said Tadas Martinaitis, Senior Specialist in the Communications Subdivision of the Panevėžys County Police Commissioner. in an interview with GNTV.
T. Martinaitis emphasized that there will be no more police posts on the border between the district and the city or where Panevėžys county ends.
“Publications can be anywhere. Police officers can stop drivers and ask them to provide documents, certificates, if the residents can really be in the Panevėžys district. By the way, I want to warn that drivers can be controlled in the city itself, ”said a police representative.
According to Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, this change sends a message to residents that everyone will be home for Easter.
As with the previous restrictions, it is possible to move between ring municipalities and metropolitan areas, travel for work, travel to and from airports and seaports and bus stations, and for other important reasons.
