On Friday, December 22, at 3:00 p.m., the “Right-Hand Drive” initiative plans to hold a protest-car march against the ban on the import of right-hand drive vehicles. 

The organizers have not yet decided on the starting point and the end point of the motorcade due to the number of participants. As they explain, they don’t want to burden the already busy traffic even more on New Year’s Eve.

As of now, dozens of citizens have confirmed their participation in the motorcade. 

“If you have an idea to sell/rename or import a right-hand drive car after April 1, 2018, join us and fight for your rights. We will not allow them to violate our rights,” the organizers declare.

Yesterday we informed that the RA Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies issued a clarification.

“We consider it necessary to clarify that the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On Ensuring Road Traffic Safety” stipulates that the right-hand traffic of vehicles is defined on the roads of the Republic of Armenia.

For this reason, the project proposes to allow the operation of vehicles imported before April 1, 2018. It follows from this that the mentioned restrictions do not apply to vehicles imported to RA until April 1, 2018. In other words, today’s owners of right-hand drive vehicles will not be prohibited from operating their vehicles in the future,” the ministry said in a statement.

It should be noted that the majority of citizens who visited the website voted against the project on the regulation of the operation of vehicles with right-hand drive in RA, which was posted on the website of the Ministry of Justice for the publication of draft legal acts. Citizens can enter the website, register and vote, as well as leave their comments on the project.