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BUCKLE UP IN BACK: SAFETY AMENDMENT NOW APPLIES TO BACKSEAT PASSENGERS
http://armenianow.com/society/38510/armenia_law_seatbelts_passengers_fine
Society | 05.06.12 | 13:16
An amendment to Armenia's law on seatbelts went into affect June 2
which says that passengers riding in the rear seats of vehicles on
Armenian highways face fines if they don't wear seatbelts.
A law has been in effect since 2009 that called for drivers and
front-seat passengers to wear seatbelts, however after an initial
strict enforcement, the law is hardly observed.
Now, in theory, drivers can be find 5,000 drams (about $12) if any
passenger in their vehicle is not wearing a seatbelt. (The law exempts
older-model cars that don't have rear-seat belts.)
Zoreh Lusparonyan, deputy head of the Achilles Center for Drivers'
Rights NGO, told ArmeniaNow that the new law on security seatbelts
did not make drivers "happy".
"We receive many complaints related to seatbelts, and the amendment to
the law has increased the number of complaints. People mainly refuse
to wear seatbelts in the city, seeing no sense in doing it, and they
do not mind wearing [seatbelts] outside the city," Lusparonyan says.
In 2009, hundreds of drivers were stopped and fined for not fastening
their seatbelts. But the initial enforcement yielded to a more lax
tolerance, as the majority of Armenian drivers who dislike wearing
seatbelts now ignore the law. Based on this logic, many drivers hope
that the new reform on buckled up passengers will not affect them.
http://armenianow.com/society/38510/armenia_law_seatbelts_passengers_fine
Society | 05.06.12 | 13:16
An amendment to Armenia's law on seatbelts went into affect June 2
which says that passengers riding in the rear seats of vehicles on
Armenian highways face fines if they don't wear seatbelts.
A law has been in effect since 2009 that called for drivers and
front-seat passengers to wear seatbelts, however after an initial
strict enforcement, the law is hardly observed.
Now, in theory, drivers can be find 5,000 drams (about $12) if any
passenger in their vehicle is not wearing a seatbelt. (The law exempts
older-model cars that don't have rear-seat belts.)
Zoreh Lusparonyan, deputy head of the Achilles Center for Drivers'
Rights NGO, told ArmeniaNow that the new law on security seatbelts
did not make drivers "happy".
"We receive many complaints related to seatbelts, and the amendment to
the law has increased the number of complaints. People mainly refuse
to wear seatbelts in the city, seeing no sense in doing it, and they
do not mind wearing [seatbelts] outside the city," Lusparonyan says.
In 2009, hundreds of drivers were stopped and fined for not fastening
their seatbelts. But the initial enforcement yielded to a more lax
tolerance, as the majority of Armenian drivers who dislike wearing
seatbelts now ignore the law. Based on this logic, many drivers hope
that the new reform on buckled up passengers will not affect them.