At the end of 2020, activists from Grodno decided to reduce the number of "lying policemen" on five urban and suburban roads. They went to the places, analyzed traffic, collected information on the Internet, organized a collection of signatures under the petition and sent a letter to the traffic police. This week an answer has come. Autogly answer.
Recall, the number of "lying" was proposed to reduce on the following roads:
1. The road along the anniversary lake - 12 irregularities of 3 km 2. Street Krasnopartizanskaya - 9 irregularities per 1 km 3. Lake highway - 6 irregularities by 1.4 km 4. Grandic street - 6 irregularities 4 km 5. Sadakova Street - 9 irregularities
In the traffic police gave a response to 4 roads, the rationale was painted on three sheets.
The letter states that "the period of active device [Lyry] began in 2012. Until this period, 20 people per year perished in Grodno, after 2012, this figure - 5 killed in the year, i.e. The number of deadly accidents decreased by 4 times. One of the key factors of such a decline, according to the traffic police, was the use of artificial irregularities. "
The following are arguments for each of the roads (except for the Lake Highway) and statistics on an accident since 2008 to 2020.
For example, on the street Krasnopartizanskaya in the period from 2008 to 2013, there were 7 accounting accidents [with victims], and after the device of artificial irregularities in 2013, such accidents were not recorded. It is said that the street runs along the residential area of individual buildings, the sidewalks on both sides are narrow, and pedestrians often move the road outside the pedestrian crossings, a lot of intersections with limited lateral visibility on the street.
"Thus, the use of artificial irregularities at the areas considered is reasonable, which is confirmed by the accident statistics. It seems that the elimination of the proposed artificial irregularities will adversely affect the level of road safety and the severity of the consequences of an accident "," the state of the traffic police.
- Are you satisfied with the answer? - We appeal to one of the activists - Andrei.
- I think that the look at our petition was one-sided. I will explain. For example, accidents that are mentioned in the site from the anniversary lake to M-on Baranovichi have not occurred due to high vehicles. The presence or absence of "lying" in these sites would not affect the tragic consequences of the listed accidents. In the traffic police, again give the overestimated meaning "lying", although a number of other factors affected the decline in the accident. This is a sharp increase in liability for drunk driving, strict control over the use of safety belts, tightened speed control and so on. For some reason, these factors are not taken into account - the interlocutor of autogly.
- You will continue activity, maybe initiate a meeting with traffic police and departure to the places, how did you plan earlier?
- No, I do not see in this sense. I will wait for the best time, "the activist says.