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SLOW down, and drive carefully and mindfully!
PUERTO PLATA.– As the Christmas and New Year’s holidays approach, the number of traffic accidents in Puerto Plata continues to rise, leaving dead and injured.
On the Luperón tourist highway, two motorcycles collided head-on at the entrance to Tubagua. Seventeen-year-old Jhonnelbis Moisés Rosa Ramírez died instantly at the scene, while another young man was seriously injured.
Likewise, another motorcycle accident on the main road of Sosúa, specifically at the entrance to the Los Charamicos sector, left the young man Omar Cros injured, who had to be transferred to a private health center.
At the entrance to the La Ciénaga sector, in the municipal district of Cabarete, two young men identified as “Juan Bosch” and “Clavo Dulce”, who were traveling on a motorcycle, were injured when they collided with a truck.
It was also reported that another young man, whose identity could not be obtained, suffered injuries when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a gray Hyundai Sonata car in front of Puerto Chiquito, in Sosúa.
There is nothing new in all this. The Dominican republic is officially recognized as the worst country in the world for traffic accidents and deaths on the road. Everyone who lives in the country knows that the traffic rules do not exist for the local people. Everybody is passing on red lights. Everybody is extremely rude to other drivers while driving. Everybody does not give a chance to other drivers to pass on the road. The local people don’t use the brakes, they don’t respect rules, they are not driving, they are flying when they get behind the wheel. It is the reality of this country.
In La Vega the cars are a little better although there is still a widespread problem with running lights, passing illegally, illegal street parking but the worst problem is the motorcycles. They are like little bugs buzzing around at will with no sense of direction. These cycles are often unregistered, entire families on one bike weaving in and out of traffic. It amazes me that there are not dead bodies all over the roads daily.
Until there are consequences for lack of helmets and not following traffic rules, and enforcement of driver license requirements with renovations being mandatory every 2-4 years or something, driving will continue to be a death sport in the country. Too many drunks on motorcycles are doing everything imaginable to crash into people.
Drivers education! WTH is the government waiting for!
Don’t forget ENFORCEMENT
Sometimes I think there are more motorcycles in PP than people…
Motorcycles are out of control in this country and ignored. While the cops pull me over to check for insurance and my ID and to verify I have my seat belt on, motorcycles fly through the checkpoint in the wrong direction without helmets randomly popping wheelies. It’s the dumbest thing ever.
why the government or some agency becomes proactive and bring a couple containers every year of high visibility vests for them would already make a big difference.