Despite this gruesome statistic of traffic fatalities, the head of the Metropolitan Traffic Authority (AMET) said that at the same time last year the number was 1,800. According to Listin Diario, AMET director General Juan Geronimo Brown Perez spoke to reporters about this after attending a Mass together with the Chief of Police, Major General Jose Armando Polanco Gomez to commemorate “World Day of Remembering Traffic Accident Victims.” Motorcyclists make up the majority of victims. The AMET commander told reporters that his agency was working hard to reduce the number of traffic deaths even further, with educational programs and increased presence on the streets and highways.