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COSTA RICA - Thursday 17 December 2009
 

No Vehicle Restrictions Of San José Until New Year

The  vehicular restrictions of San José will be lifted beginning Monday, December 21  and will resume on Monday, January 4, 2010.

Germán Marín, the director of the Policía de Tránsito, said his officials will, beginning on Friday, focusing on spot checks for drinking and driving all around the country for a safe holiday season.

Marín said the traffic police operations will be on full alert around the clock and unlike in previous years, spotchecks for drinking and driving, will also be held during daylight hours and at locations not accustomed to by drivers.

The vehicular restrictions are to reduce traffic congestion in San José from Monday to Friday, from 7am to 7pm, depending on the last digit of the license plate of the vehicle.

And although the validity of the fines of the vehicular restriction of San José is still before the Sala Constitucional (Constitutional Court), Tránsito officials continue to enforce it and issue fines.

 



 
 

 

 


 
 
 
 

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