Legislator Wants
Government To
"Forgive"
Traffic Fines
Under Appeal
An initiative by
legislators of
the Movimiento
Libertario (ML)
party wants to
the government
to forgive the
fines for
violations of
the new Ley de
Tránsito
(Traffic Law) of
the more than
11.000 drivers
who have
appealed their
fines since the
implementation
of the law on
March 1, 2010.
Danilo Cubero,
head of the ML
party
legislators,
explained that
the initiative
is to avoid the
expected long
lines at the
Consejo Nacional
de Vialidad (Cosevi)
when the 2011
Marchamo comes
due in December.
Even more, said
Cubero, is the
non-compliance
with the
decentralization
of the oficinas
de impugnación
(appeals office)
and the delays
in dealing with
the appeals.
The Cosevi is
telling drivers
filing appeals
to expect a
resolution in
six months.
The legislators
explained that
fines for
speeding and
reckless driving
are not to be
forgiven under
his plan.
Héctor Monge,
the director of
the Cosevi,
denied any
delays in the
appeals process
and that there
are appeal
offices in all
the provinces.
Monge explained
that before the
new law went
into effect,
drivers were
used to paying
their tickets at
the end of the
year in time for
the Marchamo.
According to
Cosevi records
of the 99.483
traffic tickets
issued by
Tránsito
officials since
March 1, only
9.245 have been
paid and 11.781
are in appeal.
Under the
current system,
an unpaid
traffic ticket
regardless that
there is an
appeal in
process is
deemed "condenado",
which means it
has to be paid
before a
Marchamo can be
issued.
Editor's
note: this
writer was fined
last month and
was told that an
appeal could
only be made at
the Cosevi
offices in La
Uruca or at any
Tránsito police
station. Once
the appeal was
filed, an easy
process, was
told that a six
month waiting
period was
normal.
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