I did not make myself very clear that I was talking about my driving experience in the SW and SE of the UK. I can not imagine that any tests will keep the poorly lit trucks off the road her in the DR .. Driving at night is perilous but at least all the horses and cattle on the highways and autopistas seem to just a bad memory.
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Government defends public-private partnership for vehicular inspections
That is extremely dangerous on these poorly lit road here. I personally know of a couple people that were seriously injured and really damaged their cars hitting cows on the hwy. One or two drivers even died,
No, I'm not saying that. As Kipling333 says obviously they will stop a car with an obvious defect like lights not working and take them off the road if necessary. But they don't do in depth checks - that's done by testing stations.
Anyway, I don't want to make this about the UK as it's supposed to be DR related, I was simply trying to suggest a system that could work here.
The safest method of driving here is SLOW. I rarely see 100 KPH in my vehicles
That is not something I have seen on a routine basis.
I have only seen them responding to accidents.
I have found that in my police interactions that I have since moving to the 🇩🇴 ,
AMET has always been the most professional.
Same here. I've had zero problems with AMET. None have ever stopped me just to ask for a propina.
I'd like to hear from someone who actually got their vehicle inspected before and what was inspected. You said there were thousands of inspection stations in the UK, so they probably could do in depth inspections there, but I doubt they'll be able to do that here(?).
And then last time, we already have reports of just driving to the inspection station and buying a revista w/o an inspection ever being done. Then there were many people like me that just paid 500 pesos extras and bought a revista. At 3000 pesos for an inspection, the black market for revistas will be huge. Officers are the check points are just looking to see if the right shape(round, square, hexagonal), has th correct pretty color, and the bold black numbers indicate the correct year. If by some chance they do discover it's fake, we're back to square one:
Policeman: Senor, you're revista looks fake.
Driver: Here's 500 pesos. Look again.
Policeman: You're right. Looks fine.
I was referring to what you stated about the DR and inspection stations. What happens in the USA is of no interest here since they have actual police there.
I didn't say anything about DR inspection stations(?). I've never even been to one. When you can go to an inspection station like you did and just pay for the revista w/o an inspection, it doesn't sound like they have real inspection stations here either.
Do you drive during the holidays?
I was stopped several times going to and from Moca last year around Christmas time by the PN asking me for money. Each time I pretended I didn't speak any Spanish. Rather than hold up traffic with their f*ckery, they let me pass without giving them anything more than a smile.
AMET on the other hand has always been polite, courteous and professional.
Inspection stations will end up taking bribes so they'll be useless.
Yes, but almost all my driving here is very local and have rarely even encountered a PN road check redada. On the other hand, I go to Cabarete every day and pass through two AMET checkpoints - one in front of the police station and the other in front of Hotel Kaoba.
I do not see that happening anytime in the near future……..that is, real honest inspection stations inspecting and then law enforcement and confiscation of cars that circulate in the country without an inspection certificate/sticker.
Not one of my car dealer clients believe that will ever happen and they cite those prior inspection laws as evidence. Prior to 2016, vehicles were required to get inspected. For a couple of years, the only thing inspected was whether the vehicle had triangle reflectors in a so called safety kit to de displayed next to a broken down vehicle. And they really enforced that in many places, due to the fact, drumroll please, a politico got the regulation put into place that all cars were required to have a safety kit including those triangle reflectors…….and guess who had the market cornered for those “approved” safety kits?
If they really wanted to improve the quality of vehicle’s circulating, they would allow vehicles up to 7 years old to enter the country. After all, if they really believe that the DR has the best economy in the Caribbean, increasing the age of imported vehicles would benefit those who need a newer vehicle but cannot afford a 5 year or newer. Trying to implement an inspection system has failed miserably and they should seek alternative methods to solve the problem of non-roadworthy vehicles.
Respectfully,
Playacaribe2
The last revista….. the lines for inspection in Santo Domingo were a mile long every day. Hours and hours long. We happened to drive up to Matilda/Lindsay’s house in Moncion for several days, and the deadline was lurking. Her husband took Mr AE to Mao, where the lines were reasonable. He said they barely looked at the car, but he thought it was because it was pretty new. Checked for the kit he needed. No idea if a junker got the same “inspection “.
You're from PA. Many, many repair shops and garages were approved to do vehicle inspections. I never had to wait in a line in Philly and it didn't take more than 15 minutes at the most. Can't remember what they checked (?). I doubt they will have very many inspection stations here.
We’re in NJ. Have to go to State MV Inspection. Used to be much worse, they’ve relaxed a lot of the checks, goes pretty quick now.
Tho I do not believe in global warming or whatever they are calling it these days, I do believe in moderation..
as in too much of anything is a bad thing.
The DR needs to put a cap on the number of vehicles it allows to be imported into the country each year which is far more important then a car's year, make and model in my opinion.
Otherwise we may end up like Puerto Rico where they have more cars sitting around than they have people to drive them.
I only rent a car when I need to which is rare so I've really no dog in the fight.
Help me out here cause I don't red o spel 2 gud.
Limiting the number of vehicles imported into the 🇩🇴 will do what ❓
Other than limiting supply.
Driving up the cost of newer vehicles.
Which are ones that need to be purchased by people in order to have better quality vehicles on the road.
The purpose of the inspections: "These are intended to remove from circulation the vehicles that are not fit to be on the road."
Of course, if vehicle owners do not change their brakes or tires on their newly purchased vehicle...well you are back in the same boat. Until it is time to be inspected of course. Presuming this program gets implemented and is effective.
I'm having trouble figuring out how failing to believe in "global warming" relates to the subject if this thread.
But it wouldn't be the first time I don't understand a posters motivation for just throwing up a post that is the equivalent of a "hail mary" pass in American Football.
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Limiting the number of vehicles imported into the 🇩🇴 will do what ❓
Other than limiting supply.
Driving up the cost of newer vehicles.
Which are ones that need to be purchased by people in order to have better quality vehicles on the road.
The purpose of the inspections: "These are intended to remove from circulation the vehicles that are not fit to be on the road."
Of course, if vehicle owners do not change their brakes or tires on their newly purchased vehicle...well you are back in the same boat. Until it is time to be inspected of course. Presuming this program gets implemented and is effective.
I'm having trouble figuring out how failing to believe in "global warming" relates to the subject if this thread.
But it wouldn't be the first time I don't understand a posters motivation for just throwing up a post that is the equivalent of a "hail mary" pass in American Football.
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