Regarding the long weekend for Easter, the Carabineros Transit and Highway Prefecture reported that until 1:00 p.m. on Friday, 76,302 vehicles had left the Metropolitan Region.
According to the institution, 27,001 cars left from Route 5 South, while 17,529 from Route 5 North. The vehicles that have passed through Route 68 and Route 78 total 28,091. Meanwhile, 3,681 cars have left from Route CH-57.
Meanwhile, 20,907 vehicles have arrived in the RM. Carabineros projects that the number will reach 56,648.
For her part, the Minister of Public Works, jessica lopezpointed out that triple the number of vehicles will circulate on the roads during this long weekend compared to the number of trips that are commonly made.
In turn, he spoke about the possibility of accidents. “The largest number of accidents that occur in our country have to do with these accidents called rear-end, and that has to do with speed and the use of cell phones when we are driving (…) I ask you to be very careful in driving,” said the Secretary of State.