The 2012 edition of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) Health in the Americas report includes a list of traffic accident-related deaths, topped by the Dominican Republic, with 32.2 traffic-related deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.
However, the new Law for Traffic and Transport, which will be reintroduced into Congress during the next session, will include a 20-point credit on each license that will reduce with each traffic violation.
The license can then be cancelled for six months, one and two years or even permanently. It is even proposed to impose exit bans on drivers who do not pay their fines.
The new proposals will replace the existing law, which dates back to 1967.
www.eldia.com.do/nacionales/2013/2/6/106311/Ley-de-Transito-cancelara-las-licencias-a-reincidentes-faltas
www.iede.co.uk/news/2013_865/death-speeding-down-el-salvador%E2%80%99s-roads