That makes good sense.
Although I agree that motoconchos need a bit more control, the well being and financial state of the general populus has to be considered in applying certain laws.
The DR would be a better & safer place to live in if motoconchos were forced to have mirrors & baffles in their exhaust pipes (mufflers), and if the Amet cops started forcing them to observe the rules of the road, like one ways & red lights.
More lives would be saved doing this, than enforcing the maximum passenger laws.
I agree with all that you said Rocky. First of all, that this country is NOT ready for a law like this. Not sayiing that they ever would be, but it needs to be somehow gradually enforced because, like someone else mentioned, this is the only affordable way that a lot of mothers/fathers have of getting their kids to school or wherever they need to go, in one trip. But I also agree that they definately need to put more controls and enforce the laws when it comes to motoconcho driving safety. All those things you described in terms of what they're allowed to get away with need to be halted. Just this mornng I almost hit one who just darted into the main road from the left side of the street with a big truck coming at him from the opposite direction and me coming from the direction he was intending to go in. He was stuck there in the middle and thank God nobody was right on my tail and I was able to slow down enough to let him get in front of me and out of the path of the big truck. That's why I try to always drive at a speed where I'm in control and can slow down or stop if need be.
Anyway, as I write this, I'm still ****ed off at the big dent in the back of my truck from a drunk motoconcho slamming into the back of it when my husband had slowed down to make a right hand turn onto our street a few nights ago. The moto argued that it was my husband's fault and so the discussion got heated and off to the police station they went with his bleeding passenger in tow. Then, just to avoid missing a day of work the next morning to appear at the Justice office to fight for his rights, plus to avoid having to leave the truck with the police for the night, my husband ended up paying the police to just let it go!! Meanwhile my truck is starting to rust already from the dent.
And finally, I'll still never forget the first time I saw a strange object being carried on the back of a motoconcho. I had already witnessed the washing machine, refrigerator, propane tanks, steel/wooden beams, etc., etc..... but the full-sized casket was really spooky. Still don't know if there was a body inside or not.
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