Record number of tickets as violations fall

Panama police set a new record during the four days of Carnival handing out 3,622 traffic tickets, coinciding with a hefty decrease in violations.

Violations dropped by 59% and the number of crashes was down
25%, at a time when a record numbers of vehicles left the capital, helping to create record traffic jams in the city.
The hand held “Pele Police monitoring of nearly 140,000 drivers helped round up 89 people wanted on various charges.