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ARMENIAN POLICE ISSUE FINES ON "PARTLY INSTALLMENTS" - NEWSPAPER
news.am
April 12, 2012 | 08:27
YEREVAN. - Sometimes Armenia's traffic police are so kind that they
receive the issued fines in partly installments, and trust the drivers'
promise that they definitely will bring the other part, too, Hayatsk
daily writes.
"As case in point, two days ago a traffic police officer demanded an
AMD 10,000 [approx. US$ 26] fine from a driver whom he had stopped
[in the capital Yerevan] for not attaching the auto insurance sticker
on the [car's] front window. The driver, who had forgotten to replace
the old sticker with the new one, honestly told the officer that he
only had AMD 5,000 with him.
'No problem. Give the five [thousand], and bring the [other] five
thousand nearby the Opera [building],' was the response.
Tolerance and good neighborly relations between the drivers and the
police are certainly praiseworthy. But as a rule, the traffic police
are so kind when the amount received as fine is not lawfully recorded
and is directed to their pockets.
Incidentally, the fine set for [not attaching] the auto insurance
sticker is several times more than the 'good treatment,'" Hayatsk
daily writes.
news.am
April 12, 2012 | 08:27
YEREVAN. - Sometimes Armenia's traffic police are so kind that they
receive the issued fines in partly installments, and trust the drivers'
promise that they definitely will bring the other part, too, Hayatsk
daily writes.
"As case in point, two days ago a traffic police officer demanded an
AMD 10,000 [approx. US$ 26] fine from a driver whom he had stopped
[in the capital Yerevan] for not attaching the auto insurance sticker
on the [car's] front window. The driver, who had forgotten to replace
the old sticker with the new one, honestly told the officer that he
only had AMD 5,000 with him.
'No problem. Give the five [thousand], and bring the [other] five
thousand nearby the Opera [building],' was the response.
Tolerance and good neighborly relations between the drivers and the
police are certainly praiseworthy. But as a rule, the traffic police
are so kind when the amount received as fine is not lawfully recorded
and is directed to their pockets.
Incidentally, the fine set for [not attaching] the auto insurance
sticker is several times more than the 'good treatment,'" Hayatsk
daily writes.