Thanks to the recently approved CATI law, the Automated Infraction Treatment Center will be created, an electronic system that will allow those who commit traffic infractions to file reports, such as driving at excessive speed or not respecting a red light. In this way, Carabineros personnel would be released from these functions, to prioritize security matters.
This Tuesday, the Chamber of Deputies approved the so-called CATI Law, which creates the Automated Center for the Treatment of Offenseswhich will allow those who commit offenses such as running a red light or speeding to send reports electronically.
The legal initiative was pending in Congress for more than years, for which reason his office was highlighted by the Ministry of Transportation. “With this important advance, we continue working towards our goal: saving lives and preventing road accidents,” they said on social networks.
What is the CATI law and how does it work?
Currently, the control of speed in our country is carried out exclusively by police officers and tax inspectors, which will change from now on thanks to the approval of the CATI lawthe acronym for the new Automated Center for the Treatment of Offenses.
The aforementioned entity, in charge of the Undersecretariat of Transportation, will work through a computer and administrative system that will allow the management and electronic treatment of infractions and their respective payments.
With cameras and technological help, now, those who commit violations can be caught and punished, as was the case at the time with the photo-radars.
According to authority, the CATI law it will free up police personnel to carry out other security tasks and promises greater efficiency in detecting certain traffic violations.
✅ APPROVED #LEYCATI!!
After almost 9 years of processing, the project that creates the Automated Center for the Treatment of Offenses was enacted into law.
With this important advance, we continue working towards our goal: saving lives and preventing road accidents. pic.twitter.com/KQ5zqbjMeI
— Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications (@MTTChile) January 24, 2023
What traffic offenses can be punished by CATI?
Through the recently approved CATI law, the system may file infractions for the following traffic violations:
Exceeding the maximum speed allowed. Traveling in an urban area with restrictions for reasons of environmental contamination. Violation of land transport regulations that can be captured by these devices. Not respecting the red light.
It should be noted that in 2019, 184,040 speeding violations were filed in Chile, equivalent to only 3.2% of the vehicle fleet (5,599,733 units).
This result brings with it low compliance with speed limits and a feeling of impunity among drivers, since the probabilities of both being controlled and infracted are low.