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The discussions were stimulated by the case published in the media, when a subway near Vilnius, Riešė Gymnasium massively “photographed” exceeding the allowed 30 km / h. speed. Last October, the meter was installed until March. registered up to 37,430 rapes.
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Some people received dozens of administrative violation protocols each. Immediately throughout the entire period from October. The members of the Economic Committee of the Seimas decided to find out with the representatives of the Lithuanian Highway Administration (LAKD) and the Highway Police if in this situation the meter is not just a meter to collect fines, or if it works preventively.
Dozens of penalties “became repeat offenders”
According to Kazys Starkevičius, Chairman of the Economic Committee, when a person receives “several hundred” protocols at once, the prestige of the law (Road Traffic Safety – ed.) And prevention is destroyed. Because possibly after receiving a ticket, next time I would not exceed speed.
“I say what I hear when I interact with people. Sixty protocols receive five euros each, ”said K. Starkevičius.
He was seconded by Gintautas Paluckas, who described the situation as strange when he lives quietly and suddenly receives 60 protocols of infraction of the administrative law. According to him, such a situation makes a person a repeat offender.
“It is important to know where this incompatibility is. The meters are built, they work but they do not perform other functions because they are not linked to the Registry of Administrative Offenses (ATPR). Is it possible to give up the house for use if it is not possible to access it? ”The politician asked.
How are speedometers built?
LAKD manager Remigijus Lipkevičius explained the situation of how stationary speedometers are built. Initially, contracts are signed with the suppliers who have won the bids. When meters are installed, they are subject to metrological verification. The public will be informed and warning signs posted before the meters go into operation.
This happened in the case of Riešė. This place is dangerous because cars don’t slow down and put high school students in danger. However, the coordination of the agreement (on data transfer) with the Department of Informatics and Communications of the Ministry of the Interior took time.
“This process took a while, until February of this year. And when that contract was signed, there were no more obstacles to process and send the data. As a result, the data on violations was presented on March 2. and protocols were issued for fixed violations, ”explained R. Lipkevičius.
Darius Ražinskas, Director of LAKD’s Department of Highway Taxes and Intelligent Transportation Systems, emphasized that the meter becomes legal and can legally measure speed immediately after it has undergone a metrological verification. Contracts with equipment suppliers, metrology and the transfer of information to the Ministry of the Interior are three different things. Therefore, the meters can work even if the process of transmitting data on KET violations is not fully harmonized, it is enough to perform metrology and build signals.
“Based on the data, we actually see a lot of systemic KET violators. Although there are speed limit signs and indicator warnings, drivers still exceed the speed limit.
As it is not possible to install all meters in Lithuania at the same time, this is done in groups, so this process continues and data transfer agreements are concluded (with the Department of Information and Communication of the Ministry of the Interior) for all groups meters and not for each individual (70 meters). Therefore, only when the last meter is installed, the data is transmitted to the MoI. The infringement data is certainly not out of date, it has not expired. Because according to the Code of Administrative Offenses, the responsibility remains for up to 2 years “, explained D. Ražinskas.
Highway Police Chief: Drivers did not respond to reports
Vytautas Grašys, head of the Lithuanian Highway Police Service, said that the police do not really feel guilty about such a flow of protocols, as the TFE violations were recorded in a dangerous place near the gym. Despite the statistics, V. Grašys emphasized that he remains a supporter of prevention and hopes that meters and other measures will reduce both the number of accidents and the number of victims and deaths. Unfortunately, the situation in Riešė, a particularly dangerous place, has shown that it is difficult to “re-educate” drivers.
Photo by Lukas Balandis / 15min / Vytautas Grašys
“The caliber, brand and liar police officer appeared at the initiative of the community itself. During the period in question, a total of 23 thousand people came automatically. infractions. Most of them – 19 thousand. – exceeded a speed of up to 20 km / h. However, the 3300 exceeded up to 30 km / h. Or 286 drivers up to 40 km / h. Another 19 offenders exceeded 50 km / h. and there are even cases in which the speed limit (30 km / h) is exceeded by more than 50 km / h ”, said the head of the traffic police.
One person received up to 82 speeding protocols during the period in question.
However, I was surprised by other information provided by V. Grašis. When this story rang out in the media, after March 27, the same meter recorded 455 KET speeding violations … Thus, the question arises: can drivers be reeducated with education alone, posts in the media?
V.Grašys pointed out that speeding is the cause of a third of traffic accidents when people are injured.
However, J. Pinskus and G. Paluckas were of the opinion that drivers should be penalized not cumulatively, but immediately. Does this require a separate ministerial order?
In the past, protocols traveled for a year and a half
The head of the traffic police, V. Grašys, recalled that two years ago, before the automatic prison system, which is still being developed, came into operation, the traffic police officers issued the protocols manually. As a result, some criminals received a letter from various police officers a year and a half after the crime. So now the process is very fast.
The head of LAKD summarized that with the installation of a new batch of medium speed meters, there will be no problems (time) due to the transmission of data on infractions, and the process is being improved.
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