With this measure for cargo and passenger vehicles, the Government seeks to reduce road accidents.
The Ministry of Transportation issued the resolution which regulates the installation and use of retro-reflective tapes in the cargo and passenger vehicles that circulate along the roads of the national territory, to increase visibility and reduce the likelihood of road accidents.
The transport portfolio indicated that the tapes will be of obligatory use for vehicles that transit on public or private roads, and also the colors established for the retro-reflective tapes are only red and white.
The automotive vehicles, both public and private, destined to the transport of passengers, with a capacity of more than 9 passengers, including the driver, who transit through the suburban, rural, national routes, must have the tapes installed no later than January 4.
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The deadlines for the initiation of controls were established in three groups, the first expires on September 4, 2019; in this are the vehicles of load transport with a weight greater than 0.75 tons, as well as agricultural machinery, industrial and self-propelled construction that travel on public roads.
The last installment expires on May 4 and applies to mixed transport vehicles, with a capacity greater than 9 passengers including the driver, who travel on public or private roads.
The resolution establishes that for the public and private vehicles, destined to the transport of passengers that circulate exclusively by the routes of the municipal urban perimeter, the installation, and use of retro-reflective tapes will not be obligatory. This measure can be accepted voluntarily.