The Department of Florida managed to raise 594% more in 2023 thanks to the installation of two radars of speed on Route 5, raising a total of 1.88 million dollars.
Of the total fines, 79% belonged to two installed radars last year on Route 5, a time before the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP) publicly announce the installation of other control devices on other national routes.
“We were concerned because in areas that are urban centers, where there is a history of accident rate with loss of life,” explained the mayor of Florida, Guillermo Lopezat a press conference.
“Understanding that there was going to be a whole project in progress and those more urban sections are towards the end, surely the driver may be tempted to increase the speed to recover the time lost due to the complications of the route. For this reason, we put , in advance and with indication, the speed controls“, the mayor remarked that the radars were placed prior to the start of the double track works.
Millionaire collection
One of the new speed radars is located in the city of Mendoza at kilometer 74, while the second at Dragon Passin the Florida city section.
These generated an increase in the collection of 584% during the year 2023, compared to the year before that, represented in a total of 1.88 million dollars.
“It quintupled compared to something that we did not exercise, so there was very little collection, practically nothing. When excessive speed was controlled in this area, they generated these infractions”, Lopez explained.
As the construction of the double track of Route 5 progressed, the two teams were removed from the site. “The radars are rendered ineffective because the execution of the construction site It implies that we change sections and signage,” explained the mayor.
However, since mayor They placed three others on the periphery to monitor the situation and evaluate whether sanctions begin.
Speeding fines almost doubled in 2023
He Single Vehicle Income Collection System (Sucive) published data on the number of fines for speeding, of which 200,000 more were issued than in 2022, adding up to a total of 448,114 last year throughout the country. Uruguay.
Of that total, the department with the most fines was Montevideo with a total of 225,245 violations. This is followed by Maldonado with 114,444 and cannelloni with 41,595 fines for speeding. Meanwhile, the department of Artigas He was the only one who did not fine any citizen for speeding.
In this sense, it is estimated that the total raised – between paid and pending violations – rise to a total of 3,500 million pesos, according to El País. Meanwhile, it is expected that this year the number of fines and their collection will remain at a similar level.
Source: Ambito
