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Parliament has passed a bill reducing the fine for red-light violations in Cyprus, if a car has marginally exceeded the pedestrian crossing, while maintaining a hefty fine for passing the crossing at traffic lights.<\/p>\n
The House plenary session passed the bill, proposed by DIPA MP Marinos Moushoutas, which now regulates the fine according to how far the car has passed the line.<\/p>\n
The amendment was deemed necessary after motorists were fined \u20ac300 for stopping on or just before the crossing when the light turns red.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a big difference between running a red light that could cause a fatal accident and a completely different thing going slightly over the line of the pedestrian crossing,\u201d said Greens MP Stavros Papadouris.<\/p>\n
The government said the changes will take up to six months to implement, as the entire system needs to be re-adjusted, while the cost of the upgrade is expected to be about \u20ac1-1.5 mln.<\/p>\n
According to the parliamentary amendments, crossing the first line will carry a fine of \u20ac25, stopping on the pedestrian crossing will be reduced from \u20ac300 to \u20ac85, while stopping after the pedestrian line or running a red light will be fined \u20ac300.<\/p>\n
Stopping on the warning signs that have recently been painted on roads does not carry a fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"