QCOSTARICA While a good number of Costa Ricans and the current government are concerned about drug trafficking, organized crime, and the record number of homicides, a silent epidemic is advancing at high speed on our roads. Costa Rica is literally experiencing a bloodbath due to traffic accidents. In 2022, the country registered 847 people…
Q BLOGS In January 2023 QCostarica.com published an article entitled, “Traffic Fines See the Highest Increase in Ten Years.” David Jackson, a San José resident for more than 20 years, who had never received a traffic ticket here, read the article and made a note to himself to be extra careful while driving. But…
QCOSTARICA Almost four out of ten vehicle owners have yet to pay their 2024 Marchmo (Derechos de Circulación) - circulation permit. The deadline to pay it without fines or surcharges expires on Sunday, December 31. According to the Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS) - National Insurer - responsible for the collection of the Marchamo,…
QCOSTARICA - Expect more than 500 'traficos' (Costa Rica's transit police officers) to look the other way in issuing traffic tickets to pressure for a change in their work schedules. "Unilaterally, the director (of Transito) modified them and, what is more serious, there is not even a written order," said the Unateprot and Unaotra unions…
QCOSTARICA Drivers who participate in 'piques callejeros'- illegal street racing - will lose their license for three years, following the approval of a new legislation (expediente 23.334). The license suspension, declared administratively, or the disqualification to drive, declared judicially, will extend to any type of driver's license held by the offender. The proposal was…