The changes were publish in the Official Gazette and will be especially for motorcycles. Driver and passenger must have safety vest and the vehicle’s patent on the helmet.
The National Government made official the changes in the National Traffic Law, with which it seeks to deepen controls on motorcyclists and combat insecurity. The measures, which would begin to take effect on June 15, were announced last week by the Minister of National Security, Patricia Ulrich, and forced those who drive a motorcycle to have the vehicle’s patent printed on the helmet. The companions to wear a reflector vest with the identification of the domain both on the front and on the back.
Decree 171/2017 published in the Official Bulletin states that: “The massive use of motor vehicles throughout the Nation’s territory, and beyond the convenience provided by this means of transportation, its accessible acquisition and its economy, has facilitated in parallel way the concretion of criminal acts in the public road, highly reprehensible by society “. According to the new norm, the dominical identification will be adhered to the right and left sides of the regulatory helmet and high visibility vest, and must be indelible and inviolable.