Intrant launches campaign to curb traffic accidents; people wonder if it is just more of the same talk

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The National Institute of Transit and Ground Transport (Intrant) has unveiled a new public awareness campaign: “Sé Consciente RD,” (Become Aware DR), aimed at significantly reducing the alarming rate of traffic accidents in the country. The initiative was launched on 28 January 2025 amidst the staggering statistic of 3,114 fatalities in 2024, with a disproportionate impact on young people aged 15 to 29.

Intrant director Milton Morrison announced a series of measures to address the crisis, including an immediate ban on heavy trucks from traversing the Malecón de Santo Domingo. “We will prohibit all heavy vehicles from using the Malecón. You will see in the coming days that we will ban 18-wheelers and vehicles with more than four axles,” Morrison stated.

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I have driven everywhere from Vietnam to the Philippines to Columbia the driving here is the worst I've ever encounted in my life..

what gets me is they are always in a rush and when they run the red light then you'll catch up to him a hundred yards down the road and they're going 20 mph in the left hand lane giving you the stupied stare can someone explain that logic to me???
 
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I believe it has more to do with genetics than anything else. If you've lived here for more than a few years, you know exactly what I am talking about.
 

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I laugh at the idiots who fly by you on the highway .......and then have to stop to get in line and pay at the toll as I coast on by
 
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I have driven everywhere from Vietnam to the Philippines to Columbia the driving here is the worst I've ever encounted in my life..

what gets me is they are always in a rush and when they run the red light then you'll catch up to him a hundred yards down the road and they're going 20 mph in the left hand lane giving you the stupied stare can someone explain that logic to me???
We have cereal and eggs for breakfast. They have a heaping helping of stupid.
 

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Re. the thread's headline, I thin the answer is probably just more of the same talk, but I suppose they have to start somewhere.
 
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