I like this country...really I do. But there is one aspect that drives me absolutely crazy and that is our men and women in green.....AMET.

Seems that they can only enforce one law at a time. One day it's motorcycle helmets...the next day stickers in the window...the next day...who knows what! Seems that you can get a ticket for no helmet on Monday and drive by an AMET officer on Tuesday...sans helmet...without even getting noticed by the same officer.

They turn a blind eye to the 10's of thousands of motorcycles driving without lights, driving through red lights, taxis with no doors and flapping sheet metal, squeegy kids and the likes pestering litereally all who are forced to stop....yet on any given day while driving through La Romana...iIget stopped and checked for papers....literally EVERYDAY...same spot....same cops....same BS. On Saturday....3 times at the same intersection!!! Why stop the car that obviosly has insurance...ownership and a drivers licence....all the while letting garbage roll down the road, held together by wire and string????

Want to save lives???? They won't by doing what they are doing!!!

What AMET refuses to see......

Overloaded vehicles....cars, trucks and motos
Bad tires
Insecure loads
No lights...front or back ( does not matter if driving in the day or night)
redlight running
Helmets

If the idea is to provide a controled and safe driving environment is the mandate of AMET...they are way off target. Harrassing newer cars and trucks at the intersection is not the way to do it...yet that seems to be the focus...at least in La Romana.

Until AMET takes steps to rid the road of unsafe vehicles and drivers, I have no support to offer them and feel that if the government would like to save a few dollars on wastage....simply eliminate AMET...as they do next to nothing to improve traffic flow and road safety.

May everyday for AMET in LA Romana...be a rainy day.

At least they (amet) are less vulnerable to bribe.
To buy yourself out of a amet ticket is way more difficult than with "policia nacional".
Never meet any amet that asked me for some money to fill up his tank with gas...

I too question their purpose. I work in one of the busiest streets in Santo Domingo, and all the time there are people driving in the opposite direction lane to pass all the cars and be in front of the light for when it turns green. I've rarely see amets stopping theese people, they normally just stare. Sometimes they try, but I think that people take them 'de relajo' (joke).

But, why do you expect drivers to follow the driving laws if they don't follow any other important law? And how do you expect police/amets to enforce the driving laws if they can't enforce other important laws?

you got that right it was much worse before AMET