YEREVAN. – Overall 6,288 pedestrians were fined during the seven months of this year, head of Armenian Traffic Police, Colonel Norik Sargsyan told at a press conference on Tuesday. Last year registered 22,824 violations of traffic rules by pedestrians.

Armenian pedestrians became more disciplined. Thus, last year all accidents involving pedestrians occurred partially or completely as a result of pedestrians’ mistakes. However, this year the number reduced to one third. 370 cases of run over are registered till August this year, 51 people died (2010 registered 374 cases and 60 people died). 417,457 cases of traffic rules’ violations were registered during the last seven months, while 412,685 cases occurred last year. Overall, the statistics show an increase of violations. For example, 2005 registered 150,000 cases.

Accidents also occurred by the fault of the drivers, who refuse to give a way to the pedestrian. There are already 170 cases during the last seven months of 2011, while 2010 registered 322 cases. These drivers are fined with AMD 20,000 ($55).