San José, April 5 Of
the 126 road traffic fatalities in Costa Rica in the first quarter of this
year, 54 were motorcyclists, representing 43 percent of the total, said Mario Calderon
in reflective
uniform, director of the Police of Transit.
In a press
conference, Calderon described the statistics as very regrettable, since they
reveal 14 motorcyclists who died in traffic accidents between January and March
2017, compared to the same period last year.
'When we analyze
the data, we dimension the problem in all its magnitude. Motorcyclists killed
on the road doubled those killed in a car in 2017. Last year they tripled them,
"said police chief.
Those 54 dead on
the roads represent more than 15 per month, said Calderon, who insisted on the
need for information campaigns to reduce this scourge in Costa Rica, which
shows a worsening since 2014.
He recalled that
the Road
Safety Council recently issued a very strong campaign on the need for
motorcyclists and their companions to wear helmets.
However, he
continued, in the first two months of this year we imposed a thousand 67 fines
for not carrying it and 797 for not wearing clothing or reflective vests,
attachments that can avoid collisions or serious damage to the injured.
