A 30-year old man, who works as a driver in Bavaro, has complained that when he went to get a good conduct certificate he was unable to as in the database of the Metropolitan Transport Authority (Amet) he has 169 traffic fines for a total of 153,000 pesos.
Leonardo Mateo Peña, went to the National Police headquarters together with his father and said that the fines had been imposed over the last four months for infractions which took place in Santo Domingo, but that he worked in Bavaro.
He said that he had not been in Santo Domingo for nine months, and four months ago he had no problem obtaining a good conduct certificate.
He went on to say that they had reduced to fines to 65 at a cost of RD$73,000 but that he knew about at least five traffic violations he had committed but not the 65 they wanted him to pay for which were mostly for obstruction of traffic and going through a red light.
His foster father, Eurisoides González, said that Amet would not talk to them, but that his son had never been in trouble with the law, but without a good conduct paper he would lose his job.
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Listin Diario
16 November 2017
