Tránsito Intensifies
Operations For Back To
School on Monday
School starts on Monday
and the frenzy shopping
for school supplies and
uniforms will be the
norm at all retailers
across the country, as
parents ready their
children for the return
to classes.
Getting ready for the
back to school is the
Policía de Tránsito
(traffic police) as it
puts on guard all its
850 Tránsito officials
to ensure a smooth and
safe return to classes.
The vice-minister of
Transportes, Viviana
Martín, says that 800
officials are of the
Policía de Tránsito and
50 will be "ad honórem"
from the Transportes
ministry.
Martín added that 150
schools that are located
near major highways and
high traffic streets
there will be more
intensive traffic
controls.
The Policía de Tránsito
will also be keeping a
close and watchful eye
on all school public
transportation vehicles
to ensure they comply
with safety regulations
issued by the Ministerio
de Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT).
Included in those
regulations are the
requirement of the
driver to have a valid
B3 license, each seat in
the vehicle to have a
safety belt and each
school bus to have an
assistant to help the
driver with discipline
of the school children.
According to the the
vice-minister, there are
some 500 school bus
operators who do not
comply with the
regulations, of which
100 have already been
notified by the MOPT. In
total, the vice-minister
said, that there are
1.015 school buses with
permits and complying to
all the regulations.
In addition to the
Policía de Tránsito on
watch and Fuerza Pública
(police) patrols and
school security, the
MOPT will be issuing
15.000 reflective
devices to children to
wear to avoid being hit
by a vehicle. |
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