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Reformed Ley De Tránsito Being Discussed
In less than four months, the full weight of
the Ley de Tránsito will bear upon drivers
in the same way it has impacted drunk and
reckless drivers when the partial
implementation of the law went into effect
last December. However, it may not be as
heavy as it was first envisioned by
legislators.
Yesterday, the president of the Legislative
Assembly, Francisco Antonio Pacheco, who was
elected to the position in an unprecedented
fours consecutive terms, said he will be
pushing for a partial reform to the recently
passed law.
Some of the reasons for the reforms are
based on a number of lawyers and judges who
say the law is full of errors and could mean
that cases will be thrown out of court.
One of the major objections to the law is
the amount of the fines, increasing up to 20
times or more in some cases. Pacheco and
other legislators, who were all prevent for
the vote of the new Ley de Tránsito, say
that the heavy fines may have an economic
impact on the poor and nothing on the rich,
and perhaps a change would be to tie the
fine to the income of the offender.
"Perhaps we can establish a fine based on a
formula of the proportion of the income of
the infractor and the infraction", said
Pacheco.
Asked about the reduction of the punishment
for drunk and reckless drivers, Pacheco was
firm in saying that no one should have any
illusions, for those fines will not be
touched.
"It has been proven statistically that the
number of deaths at the hands of drunk
drivers has diminished since the new law
went into effect", said Pacheco.
The full effect of the new Ley de Tránsito
goes into effect on September 23. The drunk
and reckless driving provisions of the law
went into effect on December 23, 2008.
Under the new Ley de Tránsito drivers will,
in addition to the higher fines, face a loss
of points and possible drivers license for
repeat infractions, for such items such as
talking a cellular phone while driving and
passing on the right, which seem to be two
Costa Rican pass times. Also, the new law
forces children 12 years of age and under to
be restrained. |
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