A total of 13 drivers sanctioned the Santa Cruz Transit Operational Unit after being found driving with dark or tinted windows in their vehicles, a situation that is considered an infraction and is punishable with fines as of March 1, throughout the national territory.
The director of Transit of Santa Cruz, colonel Roberto Porcelindicated that from the early hours of Wednesday morning, several teams moved to carry out checks on the main avenues of the capital of Santa Cruz, where 700 mobilities were controlled, of which13 drivers received their violation ticket.
“lThe Transit Department, complying with the control of tinted windows, began operations on March 1 and carried out controls on700 vehicles, of which 77 drivers removed the dark plates voluntarily and 13 infraction tickets were delivered for this failure to comply with the regulations,” explained the police chief.
Porcel pointed out that, inOn the first day of control, teams were deployed to carry out operations during the morning, afternoon and part of the night, work that will be replicated this Thursday, March 2, and the following days of the month, since during February only awareness operations were carried out so that the owners of the vehicles remove the tinted windows or carry out their procedures so that they can circulate using the sheets dark.
To circulate with vehicles with tinted windows, they must obtain an authorization rosette/Photo: Jorge Gutiérrez.
“The use of tinted windows without authorization constitutes an offense and traffic violation and within the mechanisms the ticket that is registered in the system is issued. LThose sanctioned must pay the fine at any of the authorized banking entities,” said the police chief.
He stressed that the people who are carrying out their procedures and those who wish to extract the sheets voluntarily are not subject to fines.
In addition to tinted window controls, police officers They also verify that they have the Vehicle Technical Inspection (ITV) and the Compulsory Traffic Accident Insurance (SOAT). “We ensure road safety and citizen security,” said Porcel.
