Many many Dominicans complain long and loud about the driving here. It is not correct to say it's expats bringing their expectations here.That's pure BS!Some expats are part of the issue, sure. But for the most part this is uneducated Dominican drivers. The govt has started to do something about it but frankly it's way too little way too late!- @planner
@RockyM Yes, we have noticed that as well but sadly, they have sunk them so low in the new asphalt that if a car hits i,t you feel like your ass has hit the ground. I wish they would do a better job of trying to level off the new manhole covers and the asphalt. We were coming home the other evening on a road recently paved and not one we travel often at all and I thought the axle was going to break when we hit it.
I need some advice. I just got my residency and I bought a dune buggy. I went and checked with the police about the little sticker that everybody is getting on their cars and they say it doesn't need it because it is registered as a motorcycle but it has 4 wheels.. It has a license plate but it's in the name of the person that I bought it from and I do have insurance on it am I going to need to wear a helmet and get a yellow vest does anybody know. I certainly don't want to have it confiscated. Do i register it in my name a lot of locals are telling me no but it doesn't seem right.
I need some advice. I just got my residency and I bought a dune buggy. I went and checked with the police about the little sticker that everybody is getting on their cars and they say it doesn't need it because it is registered as a motorcycle but it has 4 wheels.. It has a license plate but it's in the name of the person that I bought it from and I do have insurance on it am I going to need to wear a helmet and get a yellow vest does anybody know. I certainly don't want to have it confiscated. Do i register it in my name a lot of locals are telling me no but it doesn't seem right.
- @emetz55
I need some advice. I just got my residency and I bought a dune buggy. I went and checked with the police about the little sticker that everybody is getting on their cars and they say it doesn't need it because it is registered as a motorcycle but it has 4 wheels.. It has a license plate but it's in the name of the person that I bought it from and I do have insurance on it am I going to need to wear a helmet and get a yellow vest does anybody know. I certainly don't want to have it confiscated. Do i register it in my name a lot of locals are telling me no but it doesn't seem right.
- @emetz55
There is a great deal of confusion about the 'Plan Nacional De Registro de Motocicletas'. Social media is making it more confusing.The Plan has been generated to comply with Decree 581-21, Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Ciudana - Mi Pais Seguro - emitted on 17th September 2021. The Decree calls for the Ministry of Interior and Police to execute the planning and part of that requires motor cyclists to wear a labelled safety helmet and hold a driving license.Registration with 'matricula' and 'placa' has and always was part of the responsibility of DGII. No change there.The National Plan of Registration of Motor Cycles is a register of all such registered vehicles, drivers and their licenses - a digital database of all persons who meet the legal requirements to drive motos and a clear ID for when drivingIntrant are asking for drivers to be registered to arrive with a cedula, DGII registration documents and helmet and for a registration fee and fee for class 1 license they complete the process and have a ID affixed to their helmet. Check the plan details on the Intrant Facebook site.The role of Digisett will be to police and fine any driver who has not completed the process in the defined 5 areas to date. the registered drivers will be part of the driver database (which already exists for car drivers and records any infractions too), which Digisett agents can call upon by telephone to check the validity of drivers and vehicles (have had that done to me during a Digisett stop).Now some lawyers have submitted an 'amparo' to the Constitutional Court. It is a quicker legal process but that only deals with matters of constitutional law and not general law. So has 'Mi Pais Seguro' or 'Plan Nacional De Registro de Motocicletas' infringed constitutional rights is what this court will consider and if they do not consider so the case will be referred to lower law courts to adjudicate which will be much more timely (as was the case with the amparo filed against mandatory vaccine card requirements) . We should know next Tuesday.The Ombudsman who is joined in the action has suggested that there are some administrative issues which could suggest a need to adjust procedures.In the meantime the process continues but there remains a large number of moto drivers totally immune to a need to drive motos in a regulated manner, and it appears this is the main thrust of the 'amparo' which argues they already are driving safely without additional enforced measures and their rights are being infringed.- @lennoxnev