Smile, You're On Transit Camera!

After an initial presentation many months ago, the cameras are coming out of mothball storage and will be snapping away at speeding drivers in the morning hours.



The Policía de Tránsito (traffic police) announced that it be putting in to use the cameras on "high-speed" roads to detect drivers who insist on going over the limit and in effort to curb the carnage, that this weekend alone took the lives of five.

In the majority of the traffic fatalities, speeding was the cause or contributing factor.

Diego Herrera, director of the Policía de Tránsito said the controls will be random and of surprise to drivers, routes chosen based on complaints and accident reports.

The director's comments are founded on the practice by many traffic officials to mount their spot checks and controls in the "usual" spots known to drivers.

Roads like the autopista General Cañas, the Ruta 32 (San José - Limón), the Ruta 27 (San José - Caldera), the old road to Cartago, are just a few of the roads that will transito will be snapping away.

The fine for speeding is less that meal at a fast food restaurant, but points to apply which will lead to the suspension of a license when 50 points are accumulated - basically five speeding tickets.