The National Traffic and Ground Transportation Institute (Intrant) issued Resolution 002-2019 whereby traffic agents can retain vehicles transiting with deteriorated tires until the tires are replaced by the owners. The vehicles are said to be road hazards, vulnerable to causing lethal traffic accidents. As the tires age and are exposed to heat, the rubber deteriorates and at high speeds are vulnerable to causing blowouts, putting to danger the driver’s life, that of vehicle passengers, and others on the road.
The president of the Conatra transport company, Antonio Marte, backed the resolution but urged the government reduce taxes on tires. Other spokesmen for large transport companies, Juan Hubieres of Fenatrano and William Pérez Figuereo of CNTU also backed the resolution. The resolution gives drivers 60 days (through 26 April 2019) to comply with Intrant tire requirements.
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Listin Diario
4 March 2019