519 Drivers Caught + RiTeVe with Long Lines
The first road blocks to detect cars who haven’t paid the annual "marchamo" resulted in 519 citations. Drivers must pay a fine of 13,000 Colones and their car’s plates are removed.
Meanwhile the Riteve inspection stations re-opened and long lines of drivers waited not so patiently to take their tests. Some as much as 7 hours. Having the inspection is a requirement for paying the "marchamo", so procrastinators are taking the technical test so they may pay the mandatory insurance.