Amber Light warns Lima’s capital has no ability to control new speed limits

Director Amber Light NGOLuis Quispe Candia, warned today, Monday, August 15, that the capital of Lima has no operational controls to impose fines on drivers who exceed the new Speed ​​limits.

In statements to RPP newsKispe Candia claimed that Speed ​​limits they must be monitored by traffic police, in addition to cameras, sensors and intelligent speed control systems. But, according to its own data, there is not enough equipment in the capital of the country so that police officers can impose fines on offenders.

In this sense, the leader of a public organization amber light stated that only the constitutional province of Callao has the operational capacity to control the new speed limits, while in Metropolitan of Lima some areas are almost impossible to control.

“(Restrictions) must be set by means of electronic control, and such electronic control does not exist in our country, with the exception of the province of Callao. Only Callao has cameras, sensors and security controls that allow drivers to be sanctioned accordingly. In the rest of the country there are no cameras, no speed control…”, he criticized.

“There is no insult to the eyes of a good cubero here. A cop can’t say, “You’ve exceeded speed’, it’s impossible,” Kispe said, noting that a police officer cannot issue a fine without the proper equipment.

He noted that despite the provision of 30 kinometers (a device for measuring speed in real time) to the police, this amount of equipment will not be enough to cover the areas with the highest traffic in the city. Metropolitan of Lima.

Similarly, Quispe Candia was interrogated by the Ministry of the Interior for “neglecting the work of the traffic police”.

Collection of ballots must be enclosed in signage

Noting that developed countries have taken control of speed in urban areas and on the highways of Quispe, Candia believes that all municipalities at the national level should invest the money generated from fines and vehicle property tax in improving road signs, as well as in providing the police with better equipment so that they can impose fines.

“The collection of ballots goes to the central ballot box of the municipality. This money and the vehicle heritage tax should be intangible in order to improve signage and equip the police,” he said.

“The check is absolutely sluggish, weak, of poor quality, and the drivers do not have the appropriate profile,” he added.

Limits and penalties

According to the regulation issued by the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTS) and in force at the national level since July 18 last year, drivers cannot exceed the speed limit of 30 km/h on the streets and in lanes (previously it was 40 km/h). ), and on avenues 50 km/h (previously it was 60 km/h).

Has also been changed Speed ​​limits on roads that cross populated areas or permanently or partially dispersed homes, school areas or hospitals. In commercial areas: 30 km/h; in residential areas: 50 km/h; and in school zones/hospitals: 30 km/h

As for fines, exceeding the limit up to 10 km / h entails the sanction S / 828 (18% of personal income tax) and 50 negative points in the driving experience. Exceeding the limit by 10-30 km/h will result in a fine of 1104 S/104 (24% UIT) and 60 points will be added to your record.

In addition, exceeding the maximum limit speed more than 30 km/h entails a fine of S/2300 (50% of the UST) and 70 negative points will be added to the driver’s history. It should be noted that this year the tax unit (UIT) is equivalent to S/4600..