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Residents of the Riešė community and surrounding villages were rewarded over the weekend with an influx of speeding administrative violation protocols, which were detected by a stationary speedometer in the village of Riešė, on the regional road Bendoriai-Riešė-Kalinas.
In the area of the speedometer, Riešė settlement, the speed limit is up to 30 km / h. Since March 26. residents e. by mail and via www.vmi.lt The portal received administrative violation protocols for speeding: 12-14 km / h. The proposed fines are around € 6-12. Violations have been recorded since 2020. October.
Gražina Zizienė, the elderly woman from the Riešė community, mentioned that residents received reports of rapes at a similar time.
“As I understand it, all the data was sent to the police last Thursday or Friday, so the system started sending messages automatically. Some residents received 70 or even 100 tickets in a few days, ”said the news portal. lrytas.lt explained G.Zizienė.
The interlocutor said that he was currently trying to find out if the speedometer was adjusted correctly: “We do not understand if the residents of Riešė actually exceed 10 km / h.”
The Riešė community elder said that this speedometer doesn’t even have a flash like all other gauges.
“I have not been fined yet, but like many others who have not been fined, I check every hour www.vmil.lt and www.epolicija.lt portals, ”said G.Zizienė.
G.Zizienė thinks that he can also receive a fine, because he sometimes drove a little faster than 30 km / h.
The Riešė community elder and other residents joke sadly that this speedometer will be the most profitable in Lithuania. According to the interlocutor, some neighbors had never received fines, but have now received large amounts.
“There is a gym in this section of the street, where a lot of students study. There are also more businesses and shops close to the road, but no infrastructure is being expanded. Most residents are in favor of slow speeds on this stretch of the road, but they could have issued fines earlier because now they were issued half a year later. They no longer work as prevention.
Now the neighbors, going out for a walk with others, say hello and ask, not how you live, but how much the fines charged you, ”said G.Zizienė.
You have not paid the fines yet
Many residents are convinced that they did not exceed the established speed limits, because this place is well known to all: drivers reduced their speed in the same way as in other speed limit sections in Lithuania.
Rokas, Rock resident for the news portal lrytas.lt He said he received 26 tickets over the weekend: “For a long time that gauge was wrapped, then someone painted it. I received these fines for November and December. I have not received any fines this year so I am still waiting for them. Sending fines at the same time is not disciplinary, but money laundering.
According to Rokas, the Riešė school is currently closed, so he does not understand why the speed limit is still limited to 30 km / h: “There are not even people there. He always exceeded the speed in that place at a speed of about 10-20 km / h. therefore, all the fines are 12 euros each ”.
A Riešė resident revealed that he was not in a hurry to pay the fines yet, as he claimed that the Riešė community had written a letter and therefore hoped to avoid the fines.
There was great outrage in the Riešė community group over such a large number of fines. Residents mentioned that the number of fines continues to rise.
“Space” Apparently the speedometer is “firing” from both sides. And a person goes to work and comes back, “Edita explained.
Regina, a resident of the doll, mentioned that she received 56 fines. You will have to pay up to 30 euros for some fines.
Diana, a resident, agreed with Rock and mentioned that there was no driver at her place of residence traveling at speeds greater than 10-15 km / h.
“In this place, where everyone is fined, the school doesn’t work, the road is normal, paved, so I think the speed is set at 30 km / h. it’s abnormal, ”Diana said.
It is said to be built in the right place.
Vytautas Grašys, head of the Lithuanian Highway Police Service, said that he had not received any complaints about the meter malfunction and claimed that if so many drivers exceeded the speed limit, the meter was placed in the right place and in the proper place. community. he had to follow the traffic rules.
“You have to maintain the speed, which is specified and you will not receive any fine,” said the news portal. lrytas.lt V. Grašys spoke.
Daiva Žilinskė, representative of the Lithuanian Highway Police Service, recalls that KET establishes traffic rules throughout Lithuania: “A person who has the right to drive a vehicle of the respective category will probably pay KET and must comply with them regardless of whether Vehicle is performed solely by technical means, in this case, a stationary speedometer or traffic monitoring by police officers.
According to the interlocutor, in accordance with the article of the Code of Administrative Offenses, an administrative penalty may be imposed no later than two years from the date of the administrative offense and, in the case of a persistent administrative offense, within two years following the date of the administrative offense. date of discovery.
The representative of the Lithuanian Highway Police Service stated that the owner of such a fixed speed measurement device is the state-owned company Lithuanian Highway Administration: “As soon as the offense data arrived (were recorded) in the Violation Register administrative, were processed automatically and sent immediately to vehicle owners (administrators). ”.
From 2020 October 27 until this meter. March 28, 37,430 traffic offenses were registered in the Registry of Administrative Offenses of this speed measurement device.
For the news portal lrytas.lt When asked if officials had any doubts about the observed violation log indicators compared to other similar speedometers, they said that the violation log system has a valid inspection certificate.
Many residents are convinced that such actions by the Lithuanian police by imposing multiple repeated sanctions do not fulfill the purpose of the Administrative Sanction and article 22 of the ANC. The definition in paragraph 2 (1) is “to deter persons from committing administrative or criminal offenses …” and the definition in paragraph 2 (3) is “depriving or restricting persons who have committed administrative offenses of the possibility of commit more administrative offenses “.
To this reproach of the population, D. Žilinskė responded that everyone interprets valid legal acts subjectively and, in many cases, in a biased way.
“An administrative sanction (article 22 (1) of the ANC) is a measure of state coercion, imposed on a person who has committed an administrative offense in accordance with the procedure established by this Code, and not on the actions of law enforcement agents. Lithuanian Police The Lithuanian Police monitors and controls whether members of the public comply with the requirements of the applicable legal acts.
For those who violate and ignore the established procedure – apply the sanctions provided in the legal acts, and do not question or interpret them (laws). In its activities, the Lithuanian Police is governed by the Constitution, the Internal Service Statute, the Police Law, other laws, as well as the legal acts of the European Union and international agreements.
It performs the tasks assigned to it (the police): ensure personal and public safety and public order, prevent crimes, administrative offenses, guarantee traffic safety, etc. ”Explained the representative of the Lithuanian Highway Police Service.
For the news portal lrytas.lt When asked, compared to other speedometers, if it is true that this detects the majority of violators, he stated that there are currently 71 stationary speed measuring devices in operation in Lithuania.
Furthermore, the requested information will not be provided as it is inappropriate to collect data on the number of individual TFEs detected by TFE, which is time consuming and irrational use of human resources.
The interlocutor also added that the police did not tolerate and will not tolerate the infractions committed that affect road safety and accidents on the country’s roads, and people will not escape responsibility for road misconduct.
Does not disturb road users
Saulius Jansonas, manager of the International Communications Department of the Lithuanian Highway Administration (LAKD), mentioned that the meter has been registering violations since 2020. October 27
“The speedometer has been metrologically checked and the device is working properly. Information signs installed in accordance with regulatory requirements further inform about speed control measures installed on the road,” said S. Janson.
For the news portal lrytas.lt When asked why this meter does not have a flash, he said that a different technological solution was chosen with an infrared flash that does not distract road users when installing the new generation of meters.
