{"id":123411,"date":"2019-03-04T14:18:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T14:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.do\/?p=123411"},"modified":"2019-03-05T12:15:49","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T12:15:49","slug":"increase-in-government-minimum-wage-could-keep-traffic-fines-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/03\/04\/increase-in-government-minimum-wage-could-keep-traffic-fines-low\/","title":{"rendered":"Increase in government minimum wage could keep traffic fines low"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.do\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/INTRANT-logo-e1551787660805.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123472\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Intrant has desisted from applying the RD$5,117 fine on traffic violations contemplated in Transit Law 63-17 on grounds these are too high. Traffic expert Dary Terrero told El Nacional that by law the fine was increased to RD$10,000 given that Law 63-17 pegs the fines to the minimum wage in government. President Danilo Medina announced on 27 February 2019 address that he was raising minimum wages in government to RD$10,000. Meanwhile, the government continues to apply the same fines as ordered by Law 241-67, that is no longer in effect. These are mostly RD$1,000 fines for the traffic violations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If applied correctly, the increased fines would be a windfall in revenues for Intrant and the government. Terrero said efforts are underway to amend Art. 281 of Law 63-17 so the fines are instead gradually increased. The lawmakers had expectations that the high fines would discourage traffic violations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/elnacional.com.do\/multa-minima-por-violar-ley-transito-sera-de-10-mil-pesos\/\">El&nbsp;Nacional<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/digesett.gob.do\/index.php\/destacados\/item\/369-tarifario-de-multas\">Digesett<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 March 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Intrant has desisted from applying the RD$5,117 fine on traffic violations contemplated in Transit Law 63-17 on grounds these are too high. Traffic expert Dary Terrero told El Nacional that by law the fine was increased to RD$10,000 given that Law 63-17 pegs the fines to the minimum wage in government. President Danilo Medina &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/03\/04\/increase-in-government-minimum-wage-could-keep-traffic-fines-low\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[154,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123411"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123491,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123411\/revisions\/123491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}