Tinted Rear Windows
Head The List Of Traffic Fines
Driving around Costa Rica with a tinted rear
window now comes with a high price tag,
¢117.000 colones instead of the old fine of
¢5.000. And for Tránsito officials, tinted
rear windows or "polarizados" as it is
referred to in Spanish, this single item
heads the list of all traffic fines issued
since Monday.
At the close of Tuesday, more than 900
drivers around the country were fined for a
variety of traffic violations that included
not having and/or carrying a drivers
license, not having the '2010 Marchamo"
(circulation permit), not wearing seatbelts
and tinted rear windows.
Although the Riteve, the annual vehicular
inspection, deems tinted rear windows a "falta
leve" (light fault), the Policía de Tránsito
sees it otherwise and the prohibition of
rear tinted windows is now part of the new
Ley de Tránsito and not just prohibition in
a regulation.
Thus, if you are driving a vehicle with
blacked out rear windows, be prepared to
fork over ¢117.000 colones to government
coffers.
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