Santo Domingo.- Consultant Tobías Crespo, creator of Legislation 63-17 on Mobility and Transit, accused the Nationwide Institute of Transit and Land Transportation (INTRANT) of partaking in enterprise practices as an alternative of fulfilling its tasks to control and guarantee street security within the Dominican Republic.

Crespo criticized the brand new regulation on motorbike helmets, claiming that Intrant is selling a scheme that forces motorcyclists to purchase costly helmets—priced at RD$3,500 every—for each the driving force and passenger. He argued that this measure distorts the intent of Legislation 63-17 and its rules, which had been created to boost security, to not create unique enterprise alternatives for sure corporations.

The deputy urged Intrant to implement present legal guidelines that enhance mobility and street security, quite than imposing burdens that hurt the inhabitants. He additionally cited Legislation 176-07, which obliges municipalities to guard the general public curiosity and forestall measures that allow non-public revenue on the expense of transparency and citizen safety.

Crespo reaffirmed that helmets ought to meet worldwide security requirements however careworn that rules should not be used to profit a choose group financially.