Starting Monday, August 15, the National Police of Peru (PNP) will start the control of the new speed limits established by the Ministry of Transport and Communications (TCM) in Supreme Decree 025-2021-MTC, approved in July 2021.
According to the regulations, Will apply Economic sanctions to drivers who exceed the new permitted limits. These Fines can reach up to 50% of a UIT (Tax Tax Unit) which is equivalent to S/ 4,600.
In order to continue making drivers aware of the new allowed limits in urban areas, the Municipality of Lima and the PNP continue with the campaign “Don’t Rush!”, which has already reached 10 districts of the capital.
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Along the same lines, the Fantásticos Viales de Lima and staff from the Traffic Accident Prevention and Investigation Division (Divpiat) of the Police carry out recreational activities in public spaces.
What are the new speed limits?
- Streets and shreds: 30 km/h maximum.
- Avenues: 50 km/h maximum.
What are the fines for exceeding the new speed limits?
The fines will be applied gradually, according to the speed exceededaccording to maximum limits.
- overindulge in 10km/h: will be sanctioned with 18% of an ITUequivalent to S/ 828, and 50 negative points in the driver’s record.
- exceed between 10km/h and 30km/h: the fine will be 24% of an ITU (S/ 1,104) and 60 negative points in the driver’s record.
- exceed more than 30km/h: the penalty is 50% of an ITUwhich represents S/ 2,300, and 70 negative points in the driver’s history.
New speed limits nationwide. Photo: MTC
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new signage
According to the approved regulations, the different municipalities had to adapt their signalingduring this last year. In this sense, according to what was reported by the Municipality of Lima, Vertical signaling has been implemented on roads around more than 40 schools in the Cercado.
In turn, it has also been placed new signage on avenues such as Próceres de la Independencia (San Juan de Lurigancho), Angélica Gamarra (San Martín de Porres and Los Olivos), Pachacútec (Villa María del Triunfo and Villa El Salvador), Tomás Marsano (Surquillo, Miraflores and Santiago de Surco), Tacna and Nicolás de Piérola (Cercado de Lima), among others.
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Between 2010 and 2021, in Peru, according to information from the National Road Safety Observatory, speeding accidents accounted for 30.5% of the total traffic accidents.