During the month of January, a total of 31,529 fines have been imposed in Metropolitan Lima, according to the Lima Tax Administration Service (SAT). To remedy these situations of irresponsibility on the part of Peruvian drivers and alleviate the economic burden that this entails, there is a benefit that is valid until August of this year thanks to Sutrán’s Sanctions Regularization Program (PRS).
It turns out that those drivers who have outstanding debts may have up to 95% discount on their imposed fines. If you want to know who can access these reductions in their traffic and transportation violations, as well as find out the procedure to request it, continue reading this note from La República.
Sutrán 2024: who can access this benefit?
According to the information provided by the Superintendency of Land Transportation of People, Cargo and Goods (Sutran), this benefit will be available until August 31 of the current year and will only be valid for violations imposed before September 24, 2023. .
Likewise, those drivers who have serious and very serious violations, which put the life and safety of users at risk, such as informal transportation, excessive speed, driving under the influence of alcohol, will not benefit from this program. or with a retained or suspended license.
How to access the Sutrán fine reduction benefit?
To obtain the benefit of debt reduction from the Sanctions Regularization Program, drivers must previously complete the course on Good Practices in Road Safety and Compliance with Regulations on Transportation and Land Traffic, given by Sutrán at the national and regional level. virtual form. Once you have completed this course, you must follow these steps:
- Request the report of pending payment penalties through the following email: prs@sutran.gob.pe
- In this request, the full names, DNI number or company name and RUC must be stated. In the case of legal or natural persons acting through a representative, the applicant must attach a document proving that they have powers of representation.
- After sending the email, the wait will include a maximum of ten business days to receive the response to the request.
- If necessary, the corresponding codes, payment amounts and name of the entities or banking means will be provided to make the payment, applying the discount.
- Then, the payment must be made through the entities or banking means, entering the payment code and paying the amount corresponding to the fine, according to Sutrán.
- Next, enter the Sutrán virtual platform and complete the fields of the (Virtual) Application Form for the Sanctions Regularization Program. Finally, attach the payment receipts for each infraction in a PDT file and the PRS application form.
It is worth mentioning that, if observations are detected in the request, users will have five business days to correct the errors. This notification of the resolution approving the application for placement at the PRS will be sent to the electronic mailbox.
SAT Lima: how many fines and violations were recorded in 2023?
As is public knowledge, fines are monetary penalties that are applied to those who commit a traffic violation. In this regard, the National Police is the entity in charge of imposing them, but the institution designated to carry out collection is the Tax Administration Service (SAT).
Precisely, the collecting entity reported that at At the end of 2023, a total of 514.46 fines were registered, of which, the most frequent violation is for not respecting traffic signs. Below, review a ranking of the most recurring cases:
- Failure to respect traffic signs (80,600 ballots).
- Parking in a place that affects the operation of the passenger transport service, the safety, visibility or fluidity of traffic (51,695 tickets).
- Using the horn to draw unnecessary attention (47,832 ballots).
- Leaving the vehicle improperly parked in permitted places (44,937 ballots).
- Opening or leaving open the door of a parked vehicle, preventing the circulation of cars (37,930 ballots).
Source: Larepublica
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