Below is an article in DRI today:
Rounding up cattle to improve Samana highway safety
The Consorcio Autopistas del Nordeste and Boulevard Turistico del Atlantico road companies met with government authorities and neighborhood associations yesterday, Thursday 10 September 2015 to find joint solutions to reduce the traffic accidents on the two highways that they manage. The highways are the only two built under a concessions system that pegs government payments to their usage.
The high cost of tolls means that the roads are underused, which places a heavy burden on taxpayers, due to unfavorable contracts signed during the Leonel Fernandez government.
To exacerbate the problem, the highways are considered among the country's most dangerous roads due to design and construction flaws that require drivers to comply with the indicated slower set driving speeds.
During a meeting in Monte Plata, the companies called for improved public education and increased awareness among ranchers to prevent them to stop cows and horses from straying from their pastures and walking on to the highway.
They also agreed to implement joint measures such as building municipal pens at strategic points and in villages along the highway, and hiring cowboys to round up the animals that enter the highway.
While the stray animals are a major cause of accidents, the main cause is speeding by drivers. The highway speed limits are 80 kph; 50 kph in the Los Haitises Park area. Most other highways in the country allow for consistent driving speeds of 100 kph.
http://eldia.com.do/autopistas-nord...para-evitar-accidentes-por-cruce-de-animales/
Unless something has changed in the past 9 months, and the DGTT booklet on driving that you get when you train and take the driving test in DR has not changed, then highlighted bold text in the story is quite wrong and I cannot find reference to it in the attached article.
The only road in the country with a maximum speed limit above 80km/hr is Autovia del Este to my understanding of what is written in the DGTT booklet (page 93 to be precise under section 9 Velocidad) and what I have seen signposted during my travels. It alone is stated as having a 100km/hr limit.........does this extend up the new road along the coast past Bavaro?? What is the limit on highway 2 west....my recollection is that there are 80km/hr signs posted? Duarte is definitely 80km/hr as stated and it is sign posted often.
If I am correct that the speed limit maximums are as the DGTT booklet and have not changed, then we need to caution readers who may think otherwise.
But do beware of cattle, mules and donkeys on highways at all times especially at night
Rounding up cattle to improve Samana highway safety
The Consorcio Autopistas del Nordeste and Boulevard Turistico del Atlantico road companies met with government authorities and neighborhood associations yesterday, Thursday 10 September 2015 to find joint solutions to reduce the traffic accidents on the two highways that they manage. The highways are the only two built under a concessions system that pegs government payments to their usage.
The high cost of tolls means that the roads are underused, which places a heavy burden on taxpayers, due to unfavorable contracts signed during the Leonel Fernandez government.
To exacerbate the problem, the highways are considered among the country's most dangerous roads due to design and construction flaws that require drivers to comply with the indicated slower set driving speeds.
During a meeting in Monte Plata, the companies called for improved public education and increased awareness among ranchers to prevent them to stop cows and horses from straying from their pastures and walking on to the highway.
They also agreed to implement joint measures such as building municipal pens at strategic points and in villages along the highway, and hiring cowboys to round up the animals that enter the highway.
While the stray animals are a major cause of accidents, the main cause is speeding by drivers. The highway speed limits are 80 kph; 50 kph in the Los Haitises Park area. Most other highways in the country allow for consistent driving speeds of 100 kph.
http://eldia.com.do/autopistas-nord...para-evitar-accidentes-por-cruce-de-animales/
Unless something has changed in the past 9 months, and the DGTT booklet on driving that you get when you train and take the driving test in DR has not changed, then highlighted bold text in the story is quite wrong and I cannot find reference to it in the attached article.
The only road in the country with a maximum speed limit above 80km/hr is Autovia del Este to my understanding of what is written in the DGTT booklet (page 93 to be precise under section 9 Velocidad) and what I have seen signposted during my travels. It alone is stated as having a 100km/hr limit.........does this extend up the new road along the coast past Bavaro?? What is the limit on highway 2 west....my recollection is that there are 80km/hr signs posted? Duarte is definitely 80km/hr as stated and it is sign posted often.
If I am correct that the speed limit maximums are as the DGTT booklet and have not changed, then we need to caution readers who may think otherwise.
But do beware of cattle, mules and donkeys on highways at all times especially at night
