QCOSTARICA – As announced on Saturday, the new vehicular restrictions will go into effect tomorrow, Tuesday, April 27.
Here is what you should know.
The nighttime vehicular restrictions begin at 9:00 pm, instead of 11 pm, and run until 5:00 am.
The restriction is from Monday to Sunday.
On weekends, there is a daytime restriction from 5:00 am to 9:00 pm based on the last digit of the license plate, as follows:
- Saturdays only vehicles with even ending license plates (0, 2, 4, 6, 8) CAN circulate
- Sundays only vehicles with odd ending license plates (1, 3, 5, 7, 9) CAN circulate
The restriction is countrywide and all applies to all vehicles not included in the well-known exemptions.
The countrywide restrictions apply to May 16, 2021.
San Jose restrictions
The daytime vehicle restrictions of the San Jose central area is from Monday to Friday, from 5:00 to 9:00 pm, based on the last digit of the license plate, as follows:
- Mondays vehicles with license plates ending 1 & 2 are NOT permitted to circulate
- Tuesdays vehicles with license plates ending 3 & 4 are NOT permitted to circulate
- Wednesdays vehicles with license plates ending 5 & 6 are NOT permitted to circulate
- Thursdays vehicles with license plates ending 7 & 8 are NOT permitted to circulate
- Fridays vehicles with license plates ending 9 & 0 are NOT permitted to circulate
- Weekends the countrywide vehicular restrictions apply
The fine for violating the restriction is ¢110,000 colones. As with previous restrictions last year, license plates and/or vehicles will not be seized, nor will points be against the driver’s license.
The rebound in covid-19 cases in recent weeks reduced the hospital capacity to care for patients infected by this virus, so the Government varied the health vehicle restriction. Take note of the changes in the sanitary vehicle restriction as of this Tuesday, April 27.
