Deputy warns Intrant is profiting from new motorcycle helmet rules

Santo Domingo.- Representative Tobías Crespo, author of Law 63-17 on Mobility and Transit, accused the National Institute of Transit and Land Transportation (INTRANT) of engaging in business practices instead of fulfilling its responsibilities to regulate and ensure road safety in the Dominican Republic.

Crespo criticized the new regulation on motorcycle helmets, claiming that Intrant is promoting a scheme that forces motorcyclists to buy expensive helmets—priced at RD$3,500 each—for both the driver and passenger. He argued that this measure distorts the intent of Law 63-17 and its regulations, which were created to enhance safety, not to create exclusive business opportunities for certain companies.

The deputy urged Intrant to enforce existing laws that improve mobility and road safety, rather than imposing burdens that harm the population. He also cited Law 176-07, which obliges municipalities to protect the public interest and prevent measures that enable private profit at the expense of transparency and citizen security.

Crespo reaffirmed that helmets should meet international safety standards but stressed that regulations must not be used to benefit a select group financially.