The director of the General Directorate of Traffic and Land Transportation Safety (Digesett), Francisco Osoria de la Cruz, reaffirmed his commitment to road safety to continue contributing to reducing traffic deaths and injuries in the Dominican Republic.
In a visit to the newspaper El Nacional, Osoria de la Cruz highlighted that he ordered “sealing” of units on the Duarte Highway from kilometer 9 to Navarrete, in Santiago to prevent collisions, especially on weekends when vehicular mobility increases.
He assured that he works tirelessly to promote a culture of respect for Law 63-17, on Mobility, Land Transportation, Transit and Road Safety to reduce the number of fatalities and injuries.
He highlighted that 70 percent of vehicle crashes correspond to motorists who move without any type of protection, causing a trail of avoidable deaths in the country.
He said that has been the reason why his management has implemented the program a “Helmet to Save Your Life”whose objective is to continue raising awareness among motorcyclists about the importance of using protective helmets.
He urged drivers, especially motorcyclists, to protect their lives by using protest when traveling on the roads, highlighting the importance of this habit in reducing fatal accidents.
He assured that he has delivered more than four thousand protective helmets “this is an initiative that the only thing we seek is to prevent a parent or a young person from boarding a motorcycle from mourning their relatives.”
“We have the duty as an authority to contribute through education to create awareness that you and I have family waiting for us and therefore we must be prudent when moving regardless of the vehicle in which we travel,” he said.
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With the purpose of making mobility more efficient and streamlining traffic in the Colonia Zonel, the General Directorate of Traffic and Land Transportation Security (Digesett) relaunched several agents on electric scooters, who are spread out at different strategic points to provide a quick response to any road eventuality in that emblematic area.
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During a press conference, held in Colón Park, the director of Digesett, General Francisco Osoria de la Cruz, pointed out that the initiative is part of strategies to improve road safety and speed up traffic. He also expressed that, with this means of transportation, agents can have better mobility to monitor their area of responsibility, since they will be able to move more quickly to any call related to traffic.
Likewise, he explained that this pilot plan will also be extended to other tourist areas of the country such as the Mirador Norte, Mirador Sur, the Santiago monument and the Puerto Plata boardwalk.
Accompanying the activity were the director of the Digesett, representing the mayor of the National District, Carolina Mejía, Mrs. Diana Martínez; and on behalf of the director of the Central Directorate of Tourism Police (POLITUR), General Minoru Matsunaga, Colonel Manuel Almonte.
While from the DIGESETT, the deputy operational director, Colonel Duarte Encarnación, PN, was with General Osoria; administrative deputy director, Leandro García, senior officers, junior officers, among others.
The 16 officers on skateboards have safety devices, reflective vests, protective knee pads and helmets.
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The director of the General Directorate of Traffic and Land Transportation Security (Digesett), Francisco Osoria de la Cruz, said that the duty of every agent of the institution is to contribute to decongesting vehicular traffic on the roads.
