Directors of the Land Transit and Transportation Authority (ATTT), established a working table together with the National Directorate of Transit Operations (DNOT) and the National Highway Company (ENA), with the aim of reducing the number of road accidents in the country.
The director of the ATTT, Carlos Ordoñez, indicated that this initiative seeks to increase the penalties of proven drunkenness, speeding, among others, due to the increase in vehicular collisions due to alcohol consumption in drivers that lead to loss of life. human.
Similarly, he added that in recent months there has been an increase in violations for speeding above the limit.
A report from the ATTT detailed that the use of mobile devices while driving is the main consequence of minor traffic accidents, so it is contemplated that those who incur in this fault receive awareness talks.
According to the director of the DNOT, Fernando Sanjur, the technical table studies modifications to Executive Decree No. 640, emphasizing the retention time of the driver’s license for those who incur penalties for drunkenness and speed.
This technical table made up of a collegiate team of expert advisers, physical and traffic experts, consider establishing a time limit of seven years for the application of aggravating circumstances for recidivism, excepting from such a measure drivers who are in a state of proven drunkenness or under the effects of narcotic drugs cause traffic accidents, personal injuries or damage to the property of others.
