Pedestrians of the main zebra crossings in the National District they respect the standards of traffic safety implemented by the authorities to guarantee the safety of your life, not so bikers and drivers that are placed above the limits.
The Abraham Lincoln Avenue with John F. Kennedy has been used by the authorities as security model of pedestrian and vehicular traffic with a controlled flowwhich guarantees safety for both walkers and passengers. drivers.
Mainly in the peak hoursof the subway station of Santo Domingo, Pedro Mir, dozens of users come and go who work in the area or go to one of the main shopping centers from the city and move without risking their lives as was the case before when they did anywhere.
The authorities protected the central island with meshes and plants ornamental to force the pedestrians to cross the safe placesenabled for them.
Also the February 27th Avenue with Maximo Gomez most of the pedestrians uses the zebra spaces to travel and a minority does so through the pedestrian zone built during the government of former president Hipólito Mejía.
People wait for change traffic light to cross through the authorized place, although there are some people who take the risk and embark on cross the road quickly, disrespecting the standards.
The bikers are the main violators of the standards when waiting for the change of traffic light above the zebra crossing. Some do the same drivers of four-wheeled vehicles, although they are not the majority.
In the Palo Hincado streetwhere the flow of tourists who goes to the Altar of the Homeland is important, the crossing is controlled by the General Directorate of Land Traffic and Transportation Security (Digestett), but both in that place and in other avenuesthe white stripes are worn out and on other roads there is no signage, such as on a part of John F. Kennedy Avenue and Doctor Defilló.
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Free Diary He asked the Digesett for statistics on the infractions given to drivers for violating the space dedicated to pedestrians, but it was not possible to obtain them.
Law 63-17
Law 63-17, of MobilityLand Transportation, Transit and Road Safety set in your article 218 the rules for the circulation of pedestrians and fines of a public sector minimum wage to those who do not yield to emergency vehicles.
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Likewise, those who are dedicated to making collections of any kind, distributing advertisements of any kind, selling or offering for sale products, objects or items of any kind, lying or sitting on the pavement for any purpose, walking along sidewalks or roads with packages, furniture or other objects larger than those established by regulation and that hinder the circulation of other pedestrians, among other actions.
He article 237 of the Law 63-17 refers to the obstruction of pedestrian passage. The statistics of the Digestett indicate that in 2018, 14,799 infractions were issued for this concept. No other data is recorded in this regard in subsequent years.
As for the drivers for violating traffic lights pedestrians contemplated in the article 135, the statistics of the Digestett indicate that from 2019 to 2025 they were placed 2,567 fines. For violation of the duties of the drivers towards the pedestrians, Since 2019, 15,239 violations have been imposed.
While, for parking in prohibited places, it is not specified if it includes the zebra crossingsthey were placed 323,216 fines in the same period.
When an agent of the Digestett direct traffic at public road crossings, pedestrians must respect their signs and will not be able to start the crossing or go down to the road until the agent allows it and when there are structures built for the passage of pedestrians either pedestrian bridgesthey must use the same ones.
While the article 222 establishes the duties of drivers towards the pedestrians:
The drivers Those traveling on public roads are obliged to give way to people who have begun to walk through the crossing. pedestrians. They also cannot pass a vehicle that is stopped or has slowed down to give way to a pedestrian and must take all safety precautions to protect them.
While 135 indicates that the pedestrians and drivers will observe and respect the traffic lights specials installed for pedestriansin which a green or red human figure and the word “cross” or “do not cross” will appear. Violation of this provision will be punished with a fine equivalent to one (1) to five (5). minimum wages of the centralized public sector and the reduction of points on the driver’s license determined by the regulations.
