Santo Domingo.- Alleging that it is a arbitrariness retain the vehicles of improperly parked drivers, and that this action is only permitted when they lack the documentation corresponding, the deputy Tobias Cresposees the plan as valid notify violators through windshield tickets and emails.
“It is what proceeds instead of taking the vehicle. When they take your vehicle through a parking lot, two fundamental rights are being violated.“, expressed the author of Law 63-17 on Mobility, Land Transportation, Transit and Road Safety of the Dominican Republic.
He explained that from the point of view of what the Constitution establishes, the Law 63-17 and the regulations of the criminal and civil codes, when the General Directorate of Land Traffic Safety (Digesett) or Parquéate RD The vehicles are taken through a parking lot, what is established is a light fine of about a thousand pesos and the reduction of license points, so when that happens it acts arbitrarily.
Measured implications
However, he highlighted the implications of this measure proposed by the general director of “Parquéate RD”, José Desiderio Cedeño as part of the initiatives that are projected through “RD moves”, to counteract drivers’ misconduct who park poorly, worsening traffic mobility.
“When they leave the ticket on your rearview mirror or windshield, what do the codes say: That the person who must pay that fine is in the name of the person whose registration is on it, The ideal would be to identify the driver’s ID“This may not be the owner,” reflected the former head of the Transit Directorate of the Ministry of Public Works.
In his opinion, it would happen that a large percentage of the fines would not be applied to the violator and notifications would reach vehicle owners that they have not been parked incorrectly; Just as it would also fall on the companies, Renta Car, and the Government, who would not be responsible for the incident, the same would happen to the parents who provide vehicles to their children.
He specified that in other countries the criminal and civil liability It falls on the driver, but here the criminal part belongs to the driver and the civil part is in the name of the person who has the license plate. He reiterated that the ideal would be identify the driver.
He announced that if it materializes, people would complain about “unrecognized fines”because it really wasn’t him, and that will cause many citizens to challenge the fine and have to be discharged.
When to retain vehicles
He specified that the authorities can only take the vehicle for 72 to a retention center under the provisions established by the Law, and incorrect parking is not included in the offenses.
“There are five reasons why the vehicle can be detained: First, when it does not have the license plate or copy and you cannot prove ownership or it is stolen; second when you don’t have a license plate and you do not have the right to circulate; the same when you do not have an insurance policy and cannot compensate for damages to third parties, the fourth when you do not have a technical vehicle inspection, what they call the magazine, and fifth when the vehicles obstruct free movement on the tracks,” Crespo explained.
