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Meeting with the media to assess transport regulations in the Dominican Republic

  • January 31st, 2019
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On the occasion of the approval by the Executive Power in the Dominican Republic of six regulations derived from Law 63-17 on Mobility, Land Transportation, Traffic and Road Safety, prepared under the advice of INTRAS, on January 31, 2019 it was carried out a meeting with the media where Dr. Francisco Alonso, Director of INTRAS and advisor of the National Institute of Traffic and Land Transportation (INTRANT) of the Dominican Republic, stated that this is intended to change the problem of road safety, through the implementation of new policies and regulations throughout the country.

The regulations approved in January 2019 were: Regulation of Driver's License, Regulation of Points System, Regulation of Driver's School, Regulation of Qualification. Training and Education , Regulation of Medical Psychophysical Driver's Certificate and medical centers authorized for dispatch, and Regulation of the technical inspection of vehicles.

In addition, Dr. Alonso believes that the improvement of road safety, transformation of values and respect for traffic rules could change through training aimed at children and adolescents during school.