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“We see a problem, and that problem exists not only in Klaipeda or the Klaipeda district, the fact that children do not wear helmets. It means that the parents themselves do not require children to wear helmets, ”said Mindaugas Džermeika, head of the Klaipėda Road Police Service, who participated in the raid. He recalled that the same rules apply to a person who drives an electric scooter as to cyclists.
“However, a person driving a scooter should choose a safe speed. If driving between people, the speed should be 3 to 7 kilometers per hour, said M.Dermerma.
According to him, stricter control of civil servants is also needed, as well as the participation of educational institutions. According to him, it is necessary for children to have more road safety lessons.
15 minutes shares a video made on the day of the disaster in Klaipeda district. On the same day, only in Ginduliai near Slengiai, how unsafe a teenager rides a scooter was recorded:
VIDEO: One second to a possible disaster: a teenager who takes a scooter to the street barely escapes a tragedy
Several cyclists were checked during a raid in Slengiai and Ginduliai on Wednesday. The traffic during the day was not heavy, the officials on the streets did not meet the children driving scooters. A cyclist was traveling drunk, the bicycle had no reflectors. The alcohol tester found 0.26 percent drunk and a man, released after warnings and explanations from traffic officers, was released.
This is the second raid by officials in the area in a week. 140 cyclists and 30 scooters were checked on Saturday. 24 protocols were drawn up for various infractions: the minors were without helmets, the bicycles were dirty, and there were no mandatory lights. The youngest offender was only eight years old.
Next Saturday (October 3) at 2:00 p.m. In jargon, neighbors prepare for a protest on the street where the disaster occurred. In this way, we want to draw attention to traffic problems, as well as infrastructure that is not suitable for heavy traffic: the lack of sidewalks and pedestrian crossings. Officials who organized the raid also drew attention to the inconspicuous road signs. Here, at the scene of the tragedy, the fir tree obstructs the traffic sign that marks the exit of the secondary road.
Police officers who oversee traffic safety also promise to participate in the protest.
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