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Published on Tuesday, June 14, 2022
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The
Road Safety Council, the public
organization in charge of
registering fines for infractions
of the traffic law, has set up a
line (in the Spanish language) to
allow inquiries about penalized
points on the driver's license. According
to the authorities, drivers can
now call line 2522-0900 extension
#5, to know how many points were
penalized in the licenses and how
many fines were applied to the
vehicle plate number. In
Costa Rica, there are two
categories of fines for breaking
the traffic law including a
penalty of reduction in the points
of qualification of the driver's
license. The
category of offense "A" applies to
drunk drivers, speeding 75 miles
per hour (or 120 kilometers per
hour) or more, driving with a
suspended license, invading the
opposite lane (in curves, bridges
or intersections), making a U-turn
in a forbidden zone, refuse to
take the DUI test and exceeding
the maximum levels of noise and
gas emissions. The fine for those
offenses is about $490 in addition
to the 6-point penalty on the
driver's license record. The
category of infraction "B" applies
when the vehicle transports
passengers under 12 years old
without the corresponding safety
device, when transporting
hazardous materials, when the
driver does not stop at red
traffic lights or does not stop in
corners with a stop sign, when the
vehicle license plates do not
correspond with the vehicle
registration or when driving 25
miles per hour (or 40 kilometers
per hour) above the maximum speed
allowed.
In the
case of motorcyclists, the "B"
penalty applies for transporting
children under 5 years old. The fine
for these offenses is about $330 in
addition to the penalty of reducing
4 points on the driver's license
record. The
rest of the categories of offenses
to the traffic law, do not apply the
penalty of reduction of points in
the license record. The
traffic phone line also provides
information on the cost of hauling
vehicles and information about
driving tests, among other data. As
of March, more than 18,000
people were fined for reckless
driving, such
as failing to stop at a red light,
wrongful parking, speeding and
carrying children without the proper
safety devices, among others.
In
the same period, police
reported over 200 traffic
accident deaths. In
the same period, officers
applied over 4,700 DUI tests. Last year,
more than 300 people died in
traffic accidents. --------------------
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