Barcelona Avenue, in Guayaquil, is Doménica Goya’s daily route to go to work. In mid December He was struck by the fact that the photo radar on that road is not on, he even photographed it.
Then he was surprised, that despite circulating at 50 and even 60 kilometers per houra (what is allowed is up to 70) he saw that the radar did not stop photographing.
Already in February, he received two emails, one on the 15th and the other on the 17th. Both were moderate speeding tickets of $127.50 each. He saw in the photo that it was his vehicle and He was amazed because those days and at the specified times he was in another place.
“I did not travel down that avenue at the time the radar indicates that I was passing by. It turns out that I passed by that avenue at 11:26 on February 15 and was on the other side, ”she explains.
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Doménica was in the Florida Norte Judicial Complex that day and on February 17 she had just left home. She contested and showed photographs leaving the checkpoint one minute before the fine. “It is impossible that in seconds it will be on Barcelona Avenue,” he denounces.
He went to the ATM offices and He presented his challenge with those tests and a report of speed and routes, provided by your insurer. She said the photo radar was out of calibration.
The response you received from ATM is that, according to the internal report, the radar is calibrated and that both tickets were validated by a traffic officer. In addition, the evidence was not presented in the corresponding legal form.
To prevent interest from increasing, Doménica decided to pay the $255 and left angry and disappointed. Now, when she walks down Barcelona Avenue, she records every day.
According to ATM, can be challenged entering the page www.atm.gob.ec. There the username and password of the natural or legal person is registered. Then you must select the challenge button and choose the citation.
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A brief description of the facts is then detailed. The user must attach qualifying documents in PDF format (copy of identity card and registration) and the evidence also in PDF such as writings and photos.
Subsequently, via email, the file number and details of the challenge are notified.
For some alternatives, María José tried to challenge a fine for exceeding the speed limit on Benjamín Rosales avenue, which he received a little over a week ago.
He states that he was traveling at 70 kilometers per hour, but that the photo radar indicated that he was going at 78.
He says that in the photograph there are two more cars, but his license plate was the most visible. She believes that another driver committed the infraction and she was just passing by.
“I wanted to appeal using the online service, but it’s chaos (…) so I chose to pay the fine using the 50% benefit for paying it within 20 days. But I had no choice but to pay for it and keep this bad taste,” mentions the driver from Durán who frequently travels to Guayaquil.
According to the reforms of the Traffic Law, issued on August 10, 2021, people who pay their fines for the Comprehensive Organic Criminal Code (COIP), within the first 20 days after being notified of the infraction, have access to a reduction of 50% of the value of a fine. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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