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Monday, August 28, 2006

Traffic violation capital of the country

How about having at least one traffic violation ticket issued per year for each car in circulation? No it's not a new creative form of generating returns for the traffic authorities, but rather something that happened in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil. According to a report by newspaper Correio Braziliense, the traffic authorities issued more traffic tickets in 2005 than the number of registered vehicles in the city. For a total of 855,399 vehicles that were running in the Federal District - which includes Brasilia and other so-called 'sattelite cities' around the capital -, 866,435 tickets were issued. The newspaper claims the huge volume of tickets is higher than other similiar cities in the country, and explains the main reason for that is tighter enforcement of traffic rules in the capital of Brazil.

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