More than 43,000 traffic offenders in Quito took advantage of reforms to the law and paid half of the fines

The Metropolitan Transit Agency (AMT) reported that 43,841 users accessed a 50% discount on the payment of their fines for prompt payment. In 2021 there were 39,864 and until January 10, 2022 there are 3,617 people who canceled before 20 days since the issuance of your fine.

This, in accordance with the provisions of the reform to the Traffic Law, which entered into force on August 10, 2021. Throughout the country, people who commit an offense established in the Comprehensive Organic Criminal Code (COIP) can access the 50% reduction in the value of your fines.

The thirty-fourth general provision of the Traffic Law establishes: “The persons who proceed to cancel the fines arising from traffic violations within a term of 20 days from the date they are duly notified with the respective summons will be beneficiaries of a 50% reduction in the amount of the respective fine ”.

However, Mauricio Montufar, Chief of Infractions of the AMT, pointed out that this discount does not include for metropolitan ordinance fines. For example, not respecting the restriction Pico y Placa or badly parked vehicles.

“Only the infractions that are in the COIP will be those that access the discount, if the offender pays within 20 days from the notification of his fine,” he emphasized. Among the best known violations are:

• Failure to obey traffic signals
• Exceeding the speed limit
• Driving without a license or expired
• Not wearing a seat belt

The parking in prohibited places It is established both in the COIP and in municipal ordinance; Faced with this double option of fine, Montúfar explained that It will depend on the agent and the type of operation they are carrying out to define what type of offense the driver is cautioned against.

For cancel values, the AMT reported that they have three options: users can make the payment at any Banco Pacífico agency, also through the website www.amt.gob.ec or go to the AMT headquarters, located on El Telégrafo and Porvenir streets.

The fines for entering the city with a vehicle that had a restriction Peak and Plate are $ 63.75 the first time, $ 106.25 the second and $ 212.50 if the driver repeats for the third time or more.

The fine for bad parking is 10% of the unified basic salary, that is, $ 42,50.

According to information from the AMT, from January 1 to 5 they reported 4,602 offenders who disobeyed the Peak and Plate restriction. Regarding the other infractions, they indicated that the amount remains constant compared to the previous year, with a peak of infractions on Fridays and Saturdays. (I)