Port-au-Prince, December 21, 2016. - The Director General of the National Police of Haiti accompanied by the Assessing Mayor, the police commissioner of this commune, the coordinator of the departmental directorates of the PNH and a representative of the Platform of Motorcycle Taxi Associations of Haiti (PLAMOTAH), respectively Michelangelo Gideon, Alexandra Romanian, Jean Elder Collin, Carl Henry Boucher and Deurne Jean Charles, presented a project to identify drivers motorcycle taxi.
Safety vest ready to be distributed to motorcycle taxi drivers
This project called "System of control and management of motorcycles" is launched today, December 21, 2016, in the town before being effective in other municipalities of the metropolitan area including Carrefour, Port-au-Prince and Croix-des-Bouquets, said Michelangelo Gideon.
The leader of the HNP is convinced that "the motorcycle itself is not a problem, but it is the instrument used to perpetrate many crimes in the country."
One of the mayor’s assessors of the town, Alexandra Romanian was satisfied with the launch of this project in his commune. She took the opportunity to solicit the "collaboration of all bikers" to promote the success of this pilot project.
For his part, the commissioner, Jean Elder Collinear presented the various stages achieved before culminating in the launch of the latter. Among these steps, the census of motorcycle taxis operating in the different municipalities of the metropolitan area; the number of existing motorcycle taxi stations and the number of bikers present at these stations; etc.
"At least 4,755 motorcycle taxis registered in the metropolitan area during the first phase of the project," said the coordinator of departmental directorates, Carl Henry Boucher who said that identical high visibility vests will be allocated to motorcycle taxi drivers in each municipality.
The representative of PLAMOTAH, Deurne Jean Charles highlighted some positive points noted in the question of motorcycle taxi in Port-au-Prince including the possession of a driver's license by the majority of drivers who also hold insurance and the license plate. Also, he said that only a total of 755 motorcycle taxi drivers are registered for this project. He took the opportunity to announce that starting in February; sanctions will be taken against the violators of these measures.
At the end of this project, this morning, several motorcycle taxi drivers were registered ... They were given a reflective vest (red) containing a number, a label with the same number they will affix on their helmet as well as a card to prove their affiliation to the platform, among others.
The PNH and most of the town halls in the metropolitan area are at their umpteenth level as regards the regularization of motorcycle taxis circulating in Port-au-Prince and its surroundings. Will this pilot project succeed in delivering the expected results?
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