There are more than 200 thousand speeding cases a year, and the planned amendments would come more than handy in this regard and help use public funds more efficiently.
“The number of speeding cases is hardly to subside in the future, therefore it calls for a maximum modernisation of the processes involved in the administration”, said Eimutis Misiūnas, Minister of the Interior.
The amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses (CAO) aim at the automatic listing of administrative offenses with voluntary payment of a fine and other procedural documents in the Register of Administrative Offenses.
“The documents would be automatically generated - that is, through software without the presence of an officer. This would release 200 officers from technical tasks enabling them to shift their efforts to directly ensuring public safety”, says the Minister.
It would also provide for the possibility of drawing up an administrative order for a repeating administrative offence.
The amendment also provides for a facilitated service of procedural documents, reduced administrative burden as regards handling of driving licenses.
The provisions of the new ANC would also help simplify the imposition of penalties in cases where a person has committed two or more traffic-related administrative offences.
The data of 2017 was provided to the Register of Administrative Offenses from 182 systems. Their network is increasingly growing. By 2020, annual introduction of 25 road sections which will have speeding detection devices is planned. The number of fixed speed cameras will also grow annually, to reach 400 units by 2020.
The proposal still has to be approved by the Seimas.
