Forgot to screw signs again?

Tied up at lunch

Drivers on Tuesday, when it was already 70 km/h. The speed was still 50 km/h on this stretch. at speed, because road signs were not changed.

Five years ago, the Klaipėda Municipal Traffic Safety Commission made a decision to allow cars to drive at a maximum of 70 km/h on the warm season during the warm season. at speed.

2020 April 30 It was written in the minutes of the Commission that the speed limit was increased from 1 April. By 31 October

The wording of the « warm season » means that this speed will take effect on April 1 at an exactly at midnight.

The identical situation had already happened in the spring of last year – David from Klaipėda received the fine at the speed limit at the age of 1 April. drove 62 km/h. at speed. April 1 was the second day of Easter.

It turned out that the day of the unemployment did not care about the road sign of 50 km/h. would be changed to 70 km/h.

Upon receipt of a misconduct report, the Klaipėda resident contacted the police asking for an explanation of why he was penalized if the speed limit on April 1 was changed.

The meter was regulated

This time the road signs were not hanging again on time.

70 km/h. The speed -allowing signs appeared for a few minutes before the first hour of the day.

« But there were no consequences. And you need to drive on road signs anyway, » said Albinas Misevičius, chief of the Municipal Administrative Activities, Control and Prevention Division.

Marius Poimanskis. Photo by Vesta Jašinskaitė

Marius Poimanskis, Advisor to the Administrative Action, Control and Prevention Division, stated that even if drivers exceeded the allowed 50 km/h. speed, no one will be punished.

I checked. Should not punish anything.

« I checked. There should be nothing to punish. The contractors re -regulated the speedometer and it only recorded the speed of exceeding 70 km/h, » Mr Poimanski said.

Would like a smart sign

« This is how we got out. We were late. But the speed was just increasing, not decreased. The problems had no one. Although I heard that the situation had been, » said Richard Žemgulis, Head of the Transport Department of Klaipeda Municipality.

A few years ago, there was an idea to build an interactive board on this bridge with information on the weather, road condition and speed.

However, it turns out that such a purchase could cost 200 thousand. It was decided to forget the idea.

« There are other thoughts. An interactive sign could be built. It would be much cheaper. It will also be able to change the speed marking.