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Daniel Ioannisyan

Traffic Fines in Armenia and Other Post-Soviet Countries

Armenia’s National Assembly and the government are currently discussing how much to fine motorists who violate traffic rules in the country. Let’s compare the fines now in force in Armenia, Russia and Ukraine for comparative purposes.

 

Armenia

Russia

Ukraine

Speeding
(20 kph above limit)

10.000 AMD
(US$24) 

0

0

Speeding
(20-40 kph above limit) 

30,000 AMD

300 Rubles
($8.43)

250 Hryvnia
($15.52)

Speeding
(40 kph above limit) 

50,000AMD

1,000 Rubles
($28.09)

510 Hryvnia
 ($31.66)

Second speeding
violation 

no such fineՆ

2,500 Rubles

($70.22)

no such fine

Driving thru red light

20,000AMD

1,000 Rubles
($28.09) 

 

 

425 Hryvnia
($26.39)

Driving thru red light
(second violation) 

no such fine

5,000 Rubles
($140.45)

 

 

no such fine

Recidivism

In Russia and most of the world, however, rules are in force that dramatically increase the accountability of drivers that periodically violate traffic laws.

That’s to say that if you were to drive through a red light in Armenia every day, you would be fined 20,000 AMD for each violation. But in Russia, the first violation would cost you 11,000 rubles and the second time 55,000 rubles. Further violations would lead to you being stripped of your driver’s license.

It makes sense. One might drive through a red light accidentally once or twice a year, but motorists who make a habit of this are considered dangerous drivers. Armenia once had such a system of stripping dangerous motorists of their licenses but it was scrapped years ago, allowing bad drivers to merely pay a fine every time.

Fines based on a driver’s ability to pay

While traffic fines in Armenia are regarded as a way for the traffic police to get rich, they are supposed to act as a deterrent to motorists. However, regardless of the country, there are those for whom fines are a nuisance and for whom they constitute a heavy financial burden. Some can pay, others can’t

To level the playing field, as it were, Switzerland and some other countries have set fines based on the motorist’s revenue. It’s akin to a progressive tax rate – the more you make, the more you pay.

Maybe something similar can be tried in Armenia. For example, basing fines based on the price of the car being driven or on its horsepower.

Naturally, such a system would increase the work of traffic cops and patrol cars would have to be outfitted with computers to pull up such information on cars pulled over for violations.

Wouldn’t such a system make sense in an attempt to achieve socio-economic equality?

Comments (8)

Varort
Joxovurt jan shat tarorinaka vor esqan komentneri mej senc qich rational mard ka. Isk erbeve mtaceleq vor arje qich xaxtel, kam porcel bolorovin chxaxtel. Isk inch verabarvuma hetqin es karajarkei koch anel varortnerin pahpanel yertevekutyan kanonner@ ev vochte hancharex hashvarknerov drdel xaxtum katarelu.
karen
Hargeli Daniel shat chisht eq,kisum em dzer tesakety,petq e ner dnel nman ban,bayc ed ov petqa hastati?azgayin joxovn?en azgayin joxovn ur 70 patgamavor hhk-akan en?vay che inch 70,parzvec 101-y.u nranq petq e mtacen axqati masin?djvar,nranq miayn irenc masin en mtacum.ka mek patgamavor vor 25000-ic pakas meqenaya varum?djvar,usti ev orenqn lav klini,avax miayn tesakanoren,ete nuynisk hrashq texi unena,apa et nuyn mardik karox en texekanq berel,vor irenc meqenan asenq ladayin hamarjeqa....u amenakarevorn verjin hashvov ura gnum ed gumarnern?iharke nuyn mardkanc kerakratasht,u karevor chi te tashtaki tiroj anuny kam aveli chisht makanuny incha!u yndhanrapes karevor chi duq,es,menq bolors,nuynisk hayeri 80%-y dema erkrum texi unecox amen inchin,meka asoxn iranq en yst irenc....bayc astvac voch ani mi hat el payqar,kam paterazm sksvec mardik es ameny chen nerelu...tshnamu het miasin sranc en tri qashelu...
art
yes koxm em hele shat banerel piti tuganen. Orinak heraxosov xosel gekin, xmatc meqena warel.Apsosa azgovi kotorwum enq trrasnerin
`1mahmouzian
most accidents in armenia happen because they are drunk.and the big schmoks do not respect any one .forget your justice
karmen
vorovhetev hayastanum poxen grpum voch te mardkanc masin mtacum u uraxen vor shat xaxten.
Հայկ
Դանիել, իսկ ինչ համեմատություններ կան Եվրոպայի հետ? Նրանց ել ենք անցել?
Դանիել Իոաննիսյան
Հարգելի Հայկ, Եվրոպայում պատկերը բավականին տարբեր է: Տուգանքների տրամաբանությունը այլ է, դրանք կախված են վարորդի եկամուտներից, տարիքից, փորձից ու վարորդական անցյալից:
Տիգրան
Եկամտից կախվածի հետ համաձայն եմ, մեքենայի գնի հետ՝ ոչ: Ոչ մեկի գործը չպիտի լինի, թե ում մեքենան ինչ արժի: Իսկ այ եկամուտը՝ շատ արդար է: Ո՞վ ասեց, որ հարուստը չի կարող Զապ քշի, իսկ աղքատը՝ Մերսեդես: Մեկը մյուսի հետ ոչ մի կապ չունի: Հ.Գ. Բա ասում եք, թե լատինատառ հայերենով գրված մեկնաբանությունները չեն հրապարակվի խմբագրության կողմից։ Ոնց որ էնքան էլ չէ:

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