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.