Auto speed limit for city streets: Callao sets new maximum at 37 miles per hour

After careful investigation on the subject of motor traffic and road safety, Peru’s Callao port and municipal authorities have set speed limits for main city streets at a maximum of 60 kilometers, or 37 miles, per hour. Because urban and residential developments are on the rise, Callao has also set speed limits of 40 kilometers, [...]

Transport Ministry: highway design defects are one of many causes of deadly automobile accidents

Defective and dangerous roadways as well as roadway design defects contribute to the growing number of deadly automobile accidents in Peru, reported daily El Comercio on Tuesday. Peru’s Transport Ministry, or MTC, is currently inspecting 3,000 kilometers of highway to develop new strategies for maintaining, repairing and improving the country’s roadway infrastructure. A project, titled [...]