The manager of the General Directorate of Traffic Safety and Land TransportGeneral Ramón Guzmán Peralta, urged Dominicans this Saturday to respect the laws to avoid road deaths in the Dominican Republic.
Guzmán Peralta pointed out that the population “is more aware” of the importance of respecting the rules, although he assured that they still have the challenge of complying with the strategic plan that seeks to reduce deaths from traffic accidents by half by 2030.
The Dominican Republic ranks first in the world with mortality from traffic accident injuries per 100,000 inhabitants for 2019, according to World Bank data.
The director of the digestett highlighted that deaths from traffic accidents in 2021 were reduced compared to the year before the COVID-19 pandemic. A bulletin from the National Statistics Office (ONE) places deaths from traffic accidents at 1,874 in 2021 and 2,100 in 2019.
While the main victims are men between the ages of 15 and 39, according to information from the National Institute of Traffic and Land Transportation (Intrant), which also pointed out that motorcycle users have the highest percentage of fatalities.
“If we respect the traffic signs, the traffic law in general, we all win because we save lives,” said General Guzmán Peralta before the start of the mass for the 25th anniversary of the founding of the digestettformer Metropolitan Transportation Authority (AMET).
Fines for crossing the red light, for overtaking in unauthorized places, reckless driving and speeding are the violations of traffic regulations that are most violated in the Dominican Republic and for which more inspections are imposed. by agents of the Digesettaccording to Guzman Peralta.
