The director of the Metropolitan Transport Authority, Onesimo Gonzalez, in an interview with El Siglo newspaper, emphasizes that the only way to combat the lack of prudence of Dominican drivers is by educating the new generations of drivers. He said that his department has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Education to offer drivers education classes in grade school and high school all over the country. He said that likewise, they have signed an agreement with the Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) to offer the Transit Management career. The 600 AMET traffic agents will also participate in continued education short courses at the university. "Only teaching drivers ed to children can we be sure that in the future we will have law-abiding men and women, that can act with civism and preserve their own and others lives not because they fear the police but because they respect society," he said. He announced that students will graduate from high school prepared to take the theory part of the driver’s test. He also announced that his department has its own Youth Amet, made up of teenagers 16 to 18 years old, that contribute to the ordering of traffic in schools. Gonzalez also explained that his department is implementing new street changes to expedite traffic in Santo Domingo. He said that soon drivers will no longer be able to make a left turn (South-North direction) at the intersection of Winston Churchill with Jose Amado Soler, Roberto Pastoriza and 27 de Febrero. Likewise, coming soon is the prohibition to turn left at Avenida Lope de Vega and Jose Amado Soler. Left turns along the Av. Francisco Jimenez Moya (South of Winston Churchill) will also be eliminated. His department recently banned turning left at Av. Maximo Gomez with Calle Mayor Valverde, at Av. Tiradentes between John F. Kennedy, San Martin and Plaza Naco.
