Project Reducing Traffic Tickets Moves Forward in São Paulo

By Xiu Ying, Contributing Reporter

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – An urgent project is being processed by the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo (Alesp) and, should it become a law, it would reduce the enforcement of road traffic tickets and grant amnesty for penalties within the State.

The text has just been approved in a committee and can be debated in plenary in a few weeks.

Bill 460 of 2018 requires that fixed or mobile radars be signaled with plates at least 200 meters before the equipment is placed.

In the case of monitoring campaigns, these should be widely disclosed at least two days in advance. Fines applied without observing these rules would be annulled, should the bill become effective.

On Tuesday (30th), the proposal was approved by the Committee on Transport and Communications. Before that, it went through Constitution, Justice, and Drafting.

When the project went through the first collegiate, its author, Rogério Nogueira (DEM) filed the urgency request of the text. It was approved.

Finance, Budget, and Planning are yet to examine the text before being debated in plenary. If approved in plenary, a veto of the governor may still prevent the proposal from becoming law.

The matter has not been debated with the ruling party, but the group seems accommodating.

The author of the text, Rogério Nogueira, is an ally of Palácio dos Bandeirantes. The DEM, the party he leads, is like that of the deputy governor, Rodrigo Garcia.

There is a political climate of criticism on traffic tickets that extrapolates the State of São Paulo. Recently, president Bolsonaro canceled the installation of radars on federal highways.