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• Denounce calibration process abnormalities
COURTS MAY CANCEL blood alcohol
ANA V. AMENÃBAR C.
An internal audit report of the Road Safety Council (Cosevi) reported to the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) about the problems with the calibration of alcohosensores and therefore might eventually be challenged in a court.
Asked about it, Silvia Bolaños, director of Cosevi confirmed to DAILY EXTRA who knew about the irregularities raised and said that since I was a traffic director César Quirós, issued instructions for correcting the errors, but unknown to date progress the process.
Diego Herrera, director of traffic and it was named after the post Quirós was suspended, pending investigations into his relationship with the subject of the theft of weapons from the DGT; assured the top-selling newspaper that Costa Rica will not know how the process, however it is still being made roadside alcohol testing.
ERROR IN PROCEDURE
In the audit report are cautioned leaders of the DGT method for calibrating the measuring equipment using alcohol forwarding agents, are not written and are not authorized by the responsible officials, this was confirmed by the Mendez and Luis Araya official Eric Sequeira, who are currently responsible for the calibration of equipment, through the Operational Technical Unit.
Even more delicate is that during the study was determined that neither the unit nor the two professionals are duly accredited by the respective entities and their actions not being duly authorized, are possibly questionable before a judicial authority.
In this sense, the institution must credit those responsible for calibrating the equipment is the Costa Rican Accreditation Entity (ECA).
Finally, it could be detected "when malfunctions occur alcohosensores, we proceed to perform simple repairs and / or light to achieve their operation, which can not be repaired fall into a state of neglect," the report said. Additionally cautions, unused parts or components to put into operation other equipment damaged, since they are not written off, which is an additional cost to the State.
COURTS MAY CANCEL blood alcohol
ANA V. AMENÃBAR C.
An internal audit report of the Road Safety Council (Cosevi) reported to the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) about the problems with the calibration of alcohosensores and therefore might eventually be challenged in a court.
Asked about it, Silvia Bolaños, director of Cosevi confirmed to DAILY EXTRA who knew about the irregularities raised and said that since I was a traffic director César Quirós, issued instructions for correcting the errors, but unknown to date progress the process.
Diego Herrera, director of traffic and it was named after the post Quirós was suspended, pending investigations into his relationship with the subject of the theft of weapons from the DGT; assured the top-selling newspaper that Costa Rica will not know how the process, however it is still being made roadside alcohol testing.
ERROR IN PROCEDURE
In the audit report are cautioned leaders of the DGT method for calibrating the measuring equipment using alcohol forwarding agents, are not written and are not authorized by the responsible officials, this was confirmed by the Mendez and Luis Araya official Eric Sequeira, who are currently responsible for the calibration of equipment, through the Operational Technical Unit.
Even more delicate is that during the study was determined that neither the unit nor the two professionals are duly accredited by the respective entities and their actions not being duly authorized, are possibly questionable before a judicial authority.
In this sense, the institution must credit those responsible for calibrating the equipment is the Costa Rican Accreditation Entity (ECA).
Finally, it could be detected "when malfunctions occur alcohosensores, we proceed to perform simple repairs and / or light to achieve their operation, which can not be repaired fall into a state of neglect," the report said. Additionally cautions, unused parts or components to put into operation other equipment damaged, since they are not written off, which is an additional cost to the State.
CRT was way ahead of the curve on expressing concern with the breathalysers used by the transitos. This thread is from January 2009.
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