As of August 7, the drivers who will violate the road traffic regulations will no longer pay the fines based on letters issued as result of the recording of violations by the Common Traffic Monitoring and Coordination Center of the National Patrolling Inspectorate through surveillance cameras, IPN reports.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, following the modification of the payment procedure, the code of 16 digits intended for online payments will be excluded from the letter sent by the Center and the persons will not be able to pay fines based on electronic reports on road traffic violations.
Only until August 7, the motor vehicle owners who committed violations that were recorded by the video surveillance system will be issued with the aforementioned letter-summons that contains the code of 16 digits that enables to pay the fine and these motorists can thus pay the fines based on this up to then.
Afterward, the persons who will be informed about the violations recorded by traffic surveillance cameras through letters that will not contain the code of 16 digits are to present themselves to the Common Traffic Monitoring and Coordination Center or the local police inspectorate to get the proceedings on the violation and the payment can be later made based on this.
Alina Zbanca, press officer of the Ministry of the Interior, has told IPN that a report by the Audit Office showed the letter with the 16-digit code received by drivers, with which they could pay the fine at the bank, online or through ATMs, doesn’t have legal power and this practice had thus to be excluded.
As of August 7, the motorists will be issued with a notice whereby they will be informed about the committed violation. With this, they will go to the local police inspectorate or the Common Traffic Monitoring and Coordination Center, where they will be given the proceedings to pay the fine. A new mechanism will be worked out to enable drivers to also pay the fines online. “It will be hard not only for drivers, who will have fewer solutions for paying fines, but also for police officers, who will have a heavier workload,” stated Alina Zbanca.
The persons who will not go to the Common Traffic Monitoring and Coordination Center with the received notice will be penalized for avoiding paying the fine in accordance with the legislation. The drivers will have 30 days to get the proceedings. If they pay the fine during the first 72 hours, they will pay only half of it.
