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Published on
Saturday, December 21, 2024
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The
Traffic Police offices would be closed for
in-person service until January 2025 owing
to the holiday season, the Road Safety
Council (Cosevi) informed.
This
year's holiday season spans from Christmas
Eve on December
24,
2024, to New Year's Day on January
1, 2025.
During the
week, practically all governmental
organizations and the
majority of
commercial enterprises provide extensive
holiday breaks to comply with the Labor
Law and benefit their employees.
Cosevi
agencies around the country will close on
Monday, December
23,
2024, and resume normal
business hours at 7 a.m. on Monday, January
6, 2024.
Anyone
who has to file a claim or process related
to the vehicle's license, plates, or fines
should wait until the institution reopens.
Drivers
can also submit claims by email at recepcion-impugnaciones@csv.go.cr.
Cosevi
stated that no digital signature is
required to submit a complaint.
Furthermore,
drivers who are sanctioned and have their
vehicles impounded, plates seized, or
licenses expired over the holidays will be
unable to recover them until January.
When a vehicle is impounded, the Traffic Law requires the owner to pay the fine for breaching the law, as well as two additional fees: the carrier cost and the days the vehicle is held by police.
The
carrier charge is
based on
the distance from the area where a police
flatbed truck transported a confiscated
vehicle to the police station facilities.
The fee
is around $15 for the first three miles,
with an extra charge of $8 for each
additional mile.
The
vehicle custody fee is a $10 fine for each
day it is impounded and placed into
custody at the Cosevi facilities.
Fines
do not expire for seven years, therefore a
vehicle owner who has been
sanctioned for
breaking the law must pay the current
fine, transportation, custody days, and
any other penalties that have not expired.
When
Cosevi reopens in January 2025, drivers
must make an appointment to recover their
vehicle or plates. Appointments
must be requested
via the Cosevi website.
Police
warn travelers to respect the rules as
they’ll be out in full force. They
launched the "Costa Rica's Safe Holidays
operation" to provide more surveillance
and security during the holidays.
Authorities
recorded 394 road deaths as of October
2024. Of
the total of fatalities, 52% were
motorcyclists.
In
2023, there were over 500 deaths in road
accidents.
People
can report any incidents of reckless
driving to the 911 emergency line.
The
Road Safety Council (Cosevi) is a
state-owned institution and an agency of
the Ministry of Public Works and
Transportation (MOPT) that enforces
Traffic Laws.
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