AMET vs. stoplights

[NewsWhore]

Dominican drivers wonder if we are going forward or backward. Many streets now have modern LED stoplights that countdown the seconds between green, orange and red lights. The new lights were installed to increase efficiency and reduce traffic jams. But drivers find it frustrating when at an intersection AMET transit cops disregard the functioning traffic lights and direct traffic themselves, seemingly causing a bigger transit mess. What's worse is that AMET only take to directing traffic at peak hours of transit when it would seem the controls of the LED stoplights are most necessary. El Caribe newspaper explains that heat, honking horns and anxiety cause some drives to disregard the warning of transit officials and climb sidewalks and run red lights in order to get to their final destination a bit quicker. AMET director Latif Miguel Mahfoud says AMET officers direct traffic as is needed. Cameras located at the intersections feed transit engineers with the information on where there are traffic jams that need to be cleared. Enter the officers.

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