South Korean traffic report

Dolores1

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Anyone know what happened to the findings in the US$550,000 study funded by the IDB and the Korea Eximbank on measures to reduce traffic accidents in the DR? The findings should have been released in November 2014.

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This is a story on this study reported in
DR1 Daily News - 8 August 2014:

Korea works to reduce the number of traffic accidents in DR
The Ministry of Economy announced that it is working with Korean experts to conduct a study with the goal of improving local road and traffic safety systems and reviewing and revising traffic regulations in the Dominican Republic. The study, that is to be presented in a seminar sometime in November 2014, also includes an assessment of road safety in Haiti. The study is funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Korea Eximbank at a cost of US$550,000.

The announcement was made at the meeting of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FiA) Congress on Mobility and Sports meeting being held in Santo Domingo from 6 n 8 August 2014.

Korea successfully achieved nearly a 63% decrease in road fatalities between 1990 and 2011. Many of the lessons learned by Korea will be integrated into the Dominican Republic study.

The study is part of a joint consulting project on supporting road safety in Haiti and Dominican Republic. The project seeks to propose a framework for the development and implementation of traffic safety regulations for both the Haitian and Dominican governments. The framework proposed will be part of a road safety management system that would operate in conjunction with a Traffic Accident Data Management System (TAMS).

Implementing these programs would contribute to significant improvement of road and traffic safety in Haiti and Dominican Republic.

The study focuses on collecting and compiling detailed data on traffic accidents, analyzing current systems and regulations for road safety and studying the roles of government and private institutions that have roles and responsibilities in traffic safety. Finally, the study will make recommendations to create an integrated framework to improve the traffic safety regulations in the Dominican Republic.

Current traffic rules and regulations are based on an obsolete law that was created in 1967. A hodge-podge of government agencies currently share responsibility for applying traffic laws in the Dominican Republic. These agencies include the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (AMET), the Technical Office for Land Transportation (OTTT), General Authority for Land Transportation (DGTT) and Office for the Reorganization of Transportation (OPRET).
 

Kipling333

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The article concludes con las vias mas dificiles and cites Kennedy and 27 de Febrero .. I actually think that the bigget problems are going in the other direction,..north -south. We do need more good public transport either skytrains or subways to handle the mess. In Bogota , they have days every week when you cannot drive your car ..they use odds and evens number plates ..maybe could help here .
 

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Maybe in the next century traffic accidents will reduce in DR! nothing can be done to improve the traffic accidents unless people do not understand the value of life and driving with caution. One curious question? How come they do not know about blue tooth headsets?
 

CristoRey

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Maybe in the next century traffic accidents will reduce in DR! nothing can be done to improve the traffic accidents unless people do not understand the value of life and driving with caution. One curious question? How come they do not know about blue tooth headsets?

They know about blue tooth headsets. They also know about seat belts. They just choose not to use them. Hence the high rate of traffic fatalities.
 

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Anyone know what happened to the findings in the US$550,000 study funded by the IDB and the Korea Eximbank on measures to reduce traffic accidents in the DR? The findings should have been released in November 2014.

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This is a story on this study reported in
DR1 Daily News - 8 August 2014:

Korea works to reduce the number of traffic accidents in DR
The Ministry of Economy announced that it is working with Korean experts to conduct a study with the goal of improving local road and traffic safety systems and reviewing and revising traffic regulations in the Dominican Republic. The study, that is to be presented in a seminar sometime in November 2014, also includes an assessment of road safety in Haiti. The study is funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Korea Eximbank at a cost of US$550,000.

The announcement was made at the meeting of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FiA) Congress on Mobility and Sports meeting being held in Santo Domingo from 6 n 8 August 2014.

Korea successfully achieved nearly a 63% decrease in road fatalities between 1990 and 2011. Many of the lessons learned by Korea will be integrated into the Dominican Republic study.

The study is part of a joint consulting project on supporting road safety in Haiti and Dominican Republic. The project seeks to propose a framework for the development and implementation of traffic safety regulations for both the Haitian and Dominican governments. The framework proposed will be part of a road safety management system that would operate in conjunction with a Traffic Accident Data Management System (TAMS).

Implementing these programs would contribute to significant improvement of road and traffic safety in Haiti and Dominican Republic.

The study focuses on collecting and compiling detailed data on traffic accidents, analyzing current systems and regulations for road safety and studying the roles of government and private institutions that have roles and responsibilities in traffic safety. Finally, the study will make recommendations to create an integrated framework to improve the traffic safety regulations in the Dominican Republic.

Current traffic rules and regulations are based on an obsolete law that was created in 1967. A hodge-podge of government agencies currently share responsibility for applying traffic laws in the Dominican Republic. These agencies include the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (AMET), the Technical Office for Land Transportation (OTTT), General Authority for Land Transportation (DGTT) and Office for the Reorganization of Transportation (OPRET).

Any degree of success or improvements from this would give us all a better quality of life. I could say see ya later to my wife instead of a macabre "tell the world my story."
 

Hillbilly

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One major problem is that drivers here are Dominicans, not Koreans. I would guesstamate that well over 90% of drivers are first generation operators of a motorized vehicle.

As a result there is no culture, no tradition, no "dining room table" information/learning about traffic rules and courtesy.

When one of his court was praising how everything was perfect in Switzerland, Balaguer said: "Well bring me the Swiss!" ...
Dealing with Dominicans, some 60%-80% illiterate, recently acquiring some sort of motorized transportation, requires much more
than laws..It requires years of education, decent law enforcement (such as the old AMET==before it was corrupted), and intelligent
infrastructure and governance. Here are just two instances if stupidity in action, from the planning and management sector:
1) The Calle Sanchez is the only access to one of the nation's largest public hospitals--the Jose Mar?a Cabral y Baez Regional University Hospital from 27 de Febrero Ave.
It is a typical 19th century street, only barely wide enough for two lanes. It is a One Way street going from North to South. Unfortunately, it crosses a major thoroughfare, Las Carreras- and there is a traffic light just one short block beyond the cross street that accesses the Emergency entrance to the hospital.
In an effort to appease demands for more public car routes--and hence more cars (more drivers with votes, too), the Ayuntamiento extended at shorter route--the N- and routed it thorugh Calle Sanchez from 27 de Febrero.
As a result of the light on Las Carreras, the on-the-street parking on Sanchez and the increased number of vehicles--the N publicos--it is now nearly impossible during daylight hours to get to the Emergency entrance of the hospital in a hurry.

2) At the intersection of Juan Pablo Duarte and Estrella Sadhal? (where there is an overpass), provisions were made for a right turn onto Estrella Sadhal? allowing for a smooth flow of traffic. As experienced drivers, you generally know to look to the left when making a right turn that melds into traffic. NOT HERE!! The Ayuntamiento in its wisdom has established a publico stop at the exit to the curving entrance lane, and since publico drivers will kill for a passenger, the tiny intersection is often blocked by these cars lining up for a passenger. So WHILE YOU ARE LOOKING LEFT FOR ON-COMING TRAFFIC, some axxhole is probably going to stop right in front of you so you can T-bone him!!

I am 100% sure that readers here can find dozens (hundreds??) more incidents where the authorities in their ignorance have actually made things worse.

HB....(Bring me the Koreans!)
 
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bienamor

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When I was stationed in South Korea(1965) I was amazed at the fact that one traffic cop on 1/2 a 50gal drum could direct 6 lanes of traffic in front of the Palace in Seoul. This would be a combination of bikes, moto, buss, cars, trucks, and the odd ox cart. Thin I was told that President Park had told the police and the rest of South Korea that he knew that all SOUTH KOREANS followed the law, and if some one was not following the law then they must be North Koreans, therefore you could shoot them! Don't know if true or not but something was working