Reflective vests and red slapper. Stop, drive to the curb.
Drivers in Blansko, as in other regions, have been on police patrols in many
places since Monday morning. They check that drivers and passengers comply with
government regulations on restrictions on movement outside their place of
residence associated with the never-ending coronavirus epidemic. One of the
patrols moves between the villages of Lipůvka and Lažany on the busiest route
in the district, the road I / 43.
In Lažany , for
example , a patrol builds Lukáš Skalník from the village of Bystré u Poličky
from the Pardubice region in the morning. He's fine. "On Sunday evening, I
printed out a form on the way to work on the Internet and this morning they
confirmed it to me at work. Now I am returning home from Modřice. I went
through the check without any problems, "he says through a narrowed window
and with a respirator on Skalník's face.
A few hundred
meters away from a police patrol arrived a moment later at Lažanská store food
Tomas Havelka. He does not need any confirmation from the employer or a solemn
declaration about the reason for his trip. It's local. "My wife has
already told me that she saw the policemen at the end of Lažany. I'm local, so
I don't need a file due to limited movement. I'm just a short walk from the
house to the shop. But I'm going to have to study it because even when I'm
retired, I earn extra money as a roofer. And we just have an order in the
Břeclav region, so I'll see how it turns out, "the pensioner tells Deník.
He adds that
restrictions on police movement and control are in place given the current
situation with the coronavirus epidemic. At the same time, he hopes that
everything will calm down soon and return to normal. "My wife and I are
not very affected by the restriction of movement yet, but we go to a
supermarket in Kurim for larger purchases, for example. It is about seven
kilometers from Lažany, but already a different district. So either we will
have to go to Blansko, which is about fifteen kilometers, or buy basic food
from us, "the man concludes.
According to a
police patrol, drivers between Lipůvka and Lažany have the necessary documents
in order since Monday morning. They have been in the field since five o'clock
in the morning. "We stopped dozens of cars during random checks. So far,
everything has been fine. Drivers and passengers have the necessary documents
with them and follow government regulations. We did not have to resolve any
conflict. They have a confirmation of the business trip from the employer in
paper form and electronically on mobile phones, "says one of the traffic
police officers.
According to him,
possible shortcomings and omissions are still being resolved by agreement
today. Confirmation from the employer, a copy of the agreement on the
performance of work and respirators was also put in the car by Michaela
Bartošová from Kunštát before Monday's trip. From Monday morning, he will
deliver Easter gingerbreads made in the family bakery to customers in South
Moravia. "The police have not built me yet, but I hope I'm fine. I think
people have to be poisoned by all this, but there's nothing you can do about
it. Maybe at least our homemade gingerbread will make them happy, "says
the woman.
Another patrol
checks motorists on the I / 43 road on the outskirts of Letovice. Here, too,
according to the police, everything is going well. Until lunch, they imposed a
single fine. The driver, who had not cleaned a completely frozen windscreen
before driving, was leaving with the pad. For others, it was no problem.
"Over the weekend, I had a protocol on my way to work confirmed. So the
roadside check was no problem for me. But I wouldn't focus on them until the
weekend when far more people can break the regulation. For example, on the way
to trips. Now I think most of them go to work and it probably doesn't make much
sense to control. Also, an affidavit is enough and the paper can withstand
everything, "says one of the inspected drivers Viktor Ženatý from Brno.
Patrols will be on
the roads in the region in the coming days.
