Traffic Police in Costa Rica are warning impatient drivers to take it slow during the upcoming holiday break.
Authorities say they issued 65% more speeding tickets in 2020 compared to 2019. The amount of speeders has increased further in 2021, with more than triple the number of fines issued compared to last year.
“These alarming figures make the Traffic Police foresee that this year will be a very complicated one on this issue,” the Public Works and Transport Ministry (MOPT) said in a press release.
“Thus, this problem will continue to be attacked on the road, more at the onset of Easter Holy Week, which could generate an increase in cases, by people who want to go or return in expedited times from their trips.”
The Public Works and Transport Ministry (MOPT) is reminding drivers to follow the rules of the road when traveling this weekend.
In March, Costa Rica has lifted its weekend daytime driving restrictions, in addition to suspending national weekday restrictions. That may lead to more traffic and more accidents, MOPT says.
In February, Costa Rica reported 35 road deaths. It marked the third-highest total since the coronavirus pandemic began despite the month having just 28 days and was the deadliest February since 2016.
“We are very concerned about these figures, because from where they are analyzed, they show very negative trends,” said German Marín Sandí, Director of the Traffic Police.
clothing store after she went missing. i flat wasn t there on that day, okay? no one ever found any security video of that and larry s learned over the years that well-meaning people often get dates wrong, and larry learned a key fact. marty had actually participated in those early searches for lynsie. you eliminated marty fairly quickly then? yes. marty s behavior matched up with that of an innocent person, not with a guilty one? that s correct. he is actually doing exactly what you would do if you were looking for lynsie. he was searching. so larry mopt gomntgomery tu his attention to chris mcamis. guilty or innocent? chris was the last person known to be with lynsie. he told police he drove straight home after dropping lynsie offer, and police found that photo of what looked like his truck heading north away from lynsie s neighborhood which took him past this atm camera.
received assurances from members of congress that the funding will continue. so, that s what we re acting on. and i think our families are as well. so, you know, there is this on the mopt ms. many that congress will pass this, expecting that will happen. one only can hope, kathy. there are some things that shouldn t be politicized in life. thank you for the work you re doing for all those kids who require health coverage in alabama. kathy caldwell is the director of the alabama department of public health. you re watching msnbc. we ll be right back. it s time now for your business of the week. california based ozo bot says kids don t have to be passive users of electronic toys. they can be creators. he makes programmable robots to get them to learn code. his business is taking off.
the prosecution s theory, that perhaps michael jackson could have administered some type of dose, somehow contributed to his own death megyn: does it not help your argument, the defense argument that michael jackson was a bizarre man and we all know that. and we believe of had a serious drug problem. absolutely. that s it. that s what the defense will continue to do, show him as a desperate addict. we are not talking about a mopt or father or brother or sister, we are talking about his physician who was paid money to take care of him. why wasn t he doing that, mark? megyn: they will make the argument the personal physician should have known of the drug dependency and not left the client alone. the argument is he s trying to wean him off. no good deed goes unpunished. megyn: we ll live to argue the