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. |