Armenians who had sold their cars about 10-15 years ago have been receiving fines for absence of motor third-party liability insurance since the start of this year, according to new motor insurance rules that came into force on January 1. The daily fine totals 500 drams.
The traffic police have apologized for any “technical problems and laxities” with administrative acts. Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan ordered the traffic police to help people properly register vehicles. Until recently, the laws did not oblige people to register purchase and sale of cars at traffic police offices. The situation changed in 2013 and people who sold their cars need to reregister.
Tigran Ovannisyan, President of the League for Protection of Drivers, said that such problem may only cause confusion because reregistry of cars can only happen after deletion of old registries. Armenia has a whole army of drivers who sold their vehicles and need to pay some 10,000 drams ($25) for non-existent cars.
Armenians who had sold their cars about 10-15 years ago have been receiving fines for absence of motor third-party liability insurance since the start of this year, according to new motor insurance rules that had come into force on January 1. The daily fine totals 500 drams.The traffic police have apologized for any “technical problems and laxities” with administrative acts. Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan ordered the traffic police to help people properly register vehicles. Until recently, the laws did not oblige people to register purchase and sale of cars at traffic police offices. The situation changed in 2013 and people who sold their cars need to reregister.Tigran Ovannisyan, President of the League for Protection of Drivers, said that such problem may only cause confusion because reregistry of cars can only happen after deletion of old registries. Armenia has a whole army of drivers who sold their vehicles and need to pay some 10,000 drams ($25) for inexistent cars
