A plea to the traffic management idiots

But the light at Sosua Abajo does not cause any problems as no one stops at it

The Playero light isn't at fault, it's the front of the police station. Maybe they could move the station?

Amet will ticket you for the Playero light but I have never seen them working the Sosua abajo light and yep, we all just drive right thru it, well I slow down a bit and then go thru it.

in DR red lights are optional.

dv8 said:

in DR red lights are optional.

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That maybe the case in SD but in Sosua you stand a good chance of getting a ticket during the day if you run the lights in El Batey and Charamaicos.

well, see, this is how DR works: some lights you can jump and some you cannot. if you know there is a police at those lights then just stop. charamicos and playero i always stop at. sosua abajo i slow down, look at the road, look for cops and then cross.

The original poster makes reference to the "traffic management idiots".

I always sort of assumed that the traffic management people were those relatives of politicos who only showed up for work on payday. Hence, the total lack of anything appearing to be traffic management.

Here in Bani, the general rule seems to be that the lights are to be obeyed on weekdays, stop and proceed if clear on red on weeknights, and totally ignored on weekends, AMET or no. That and the strange configuration of one-way streets seem to completely confuse the people driving though, especially those driving from Port-au-Prince to Santo Domingo.