They warn that Lima lacks the technology to control the new speed limits.

From August 15, non-compliance with the new speed limit on streets, intersections and avenues in cities and on roads passing through settlements throughout the country may result in a fine of up to 50% of UTII, that is, S / 2300.

Nonetheless, Alfonso Floresfund general manager let’s go in transitpointed out that in order to monitor the new speed limits, which are in line with the international trend, cameras and monitoring systems are needed, for example, which are not available in Lima.

“If someone speeds, they will get a fine if the car accidentally drives down the street where there is a check: a police officer with a portable radar. It is not a stationary or stable system, as they are in big cities. peace,” he said daily Trade.

For his part, Franklin Barreto, former head of traffic accident prevention pnpsaid that control could be not only conducted by screening with portable radars.

“We rely on the human eye, which tired. This is what artificial intelligence exists for,” he said and considered that the municipality of Lima should think about modernizing the city, even in small steps.

Barreto He stressed that the greatest number of speeding violations occur in the early morning hours and it would be “incoherent” to put the police on checks in rain and fog.

Who is responsible?

Meanwhile, Municipality of Lima He assured that explanatory work had been carried out in 20 districts of the capital and that control over compliance with the norms was the responsibility of pnp.

In this regard, Wilson Villalobos, head of the traffic accident prevention department pnpclarified that Urban Mobility Management The municipality is aiming to implement a pilot plan to install video surveillance systems in different parts of the city.