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Republicâ€™s Main Sate Traffic Police Office addresses drivers

17 September 2012 13:11 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Hafiz Heydarov â€“ APA. Republicâ€™s Main Sate Traffic Police Office has addressed the drivers. Chief department Kamran Aliyev told APA that the employees of Main Sate Traffic Police Office strengthened the security regime as Football World Championship will take place in Azerbaijan. Taking into consideration the possibility of traffic compactness on the Republicâ€™s roads as well as on Bakuâ€™s roads, the drives were asked to obey the stop-move rules on the roads.

Aliyev also addressed the drivers of the trucks and asked them to observe the current rules established by the Cabinet of Ministers: â€œAccording to the Cabinet of Ministersâ€™ decision, the truck drivers are prohibited in Baku from 08:00 in the evening till 21:00 in the morning: â€œTaking into consideration the possibility of traffic compactness on the Republicâ€™s roads that may occur due to World Football Championship, the drivers were asked to implement the above mentioned decisionâ€.

Aliyev also addressed the drivers of the private cars. He said that the drivers were asked to minimize the use of the private transport in Baku during the Football Championship: â€œWe ask the citizens to give the superiority to the public transport in the above mentioned periodâ€.

Aliyev also commented on the traffic compactness on Bakuâ€™s roads due to the beginning of a new academic year: â€œThere are such drivers who leave their cars in front of schools. And this main reason of the traffic jam.Thatâ€™s why I again ask the drivers to obey the road rulesâ€.

Note that, the police passed to the medium working regime from September 15 due to World Football Championship that will be held in Azerbaijan. Internal Minister, Colonel-General Ramil Usubov has issued an order concerning this issue.

According to the order, the Administration of Ministry of Internal Affairs, Baku City Main State Police Office and Lankaran City Police Department will pass to the medium working regime from September 15 in order to ensure public security in Baku due to the final match of World Women Football Championship that will be held in Azerbaijan among the footballers under 17. The security measures will be also strengthened in the stadiums and hotels.