Saturday and Sunday more than 50.000 people took part in the Festival Imperial held in La Guacima, Alajuela, making the festival a total success.
On hand at the festival were also officials of the Policía de Tránsito who kept an eye on drivers to and from the event.
According to the Policía de Tránsito director, Germán Martín, 250 traffic tickets were issued over the weekend, 23 of which for over the legal limit and 11 vehicles were confiscated at the hands of drunk drivers.
In addition to the drinking and driving problems, Martín added that a number of tickets were issued to drivers of vehicles that did not have the annual inspection certificate known as Riteve, driving with bad or no lights and driving without a license.
Martín said that the majority of the drunk drivers were pulled over near the Panasonic plant in San Antonio de Belén and on the Alajuela-San José section of the autopista General Cañas.
On the positive side, Martín commented that the numbers of tickets and drunk drivers were surprisingly low given the large number of vehicles that visited the autdromo La Guacima between Saturday and Sunday.
“People for once paid attention, using designated drivers, travelling by bus or taxi”, said Marín.
