The general director of National Land Transport Agency (ANTT)Rafael Vitale, admitted that the agency imposed fines on trucks carrying humanitarian aid to Rio Grande do Sul. He published a video on the agency’s social media this Wednesday, 8.
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“There were isolated cases of being overweight, on the scales in Araranguá (SC), which will not become fines and will be duly annulled”, admitted Vitale. “It is important to say that all of these cases, there were six, continued their journeys without retention on the scale, as we found that they were donations.”
The fines against vehicles that carry donations received repercussions after a report published by SBT, this Tuesday, 7th. The article shows volunteers and the coordinator of the Civil Defense of Florianópolis, Samuel Vidal, being fined by ANTT at the Araranguá station.
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On the same day, the regulatory agency even released a note stating that the fines were fake news.
“There is no request for an invoice or application of fines on vehicles that transport donations”, informed ANTT, on Tuesday. “The videos circulating on the internet that claim that ANTT withheld donation vehicles do not match the reality of the facts.”
Samuel Vidal also spoke to Oeste, this Wednesday, and denied ANTT’s statement. According to the Civil Defense coordinator, an inspector from the regulatory agency requested documentation that was not possible to present. As these are donations, there is no record of the origin of the goods.
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“The inspector asked us to present the invoices for the goods,” explained Vidal. “Then I said it’s impossible, it’s humanitarian aid. I presented the documentation from Fundação Somar Floripa, and we were released, but with a fine.”
ANTT makes vehicle inspection more flexible
In addition to the statement by the director general, ANTT issued an ordinance that makes vehicle inspection more flexible in Rio Grande do Sul, this Wednesday. “A simple verbal statement from the driver will be enough for the inspector to release the vehicle,” the agency said.
Among the measures adopted by ANTT are:
- Adoption of priority service and exemption from inspection for vehicles that transport donations;
- Flexibility in road passenger transport;
- Exemption from toll fees on federal highways; It is
- Facilitation of the flow of road freight transport vehicles.
To the report of WestANTT confirmed that the vehicle in which the Florianópolis Civil Defense coordinator was traveling was fined by the body, but denied that the actions were related to the requirement for invoices.
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“There have been isolated cases of fines for being overweight, which will not result in fines and will be duly annulled,” reported ANTT. “The notifications were not related to the presentation of an invoice. There were six vehicles, including the one mentioned in the demand [caso da Defesa Civil]released to continue to their final destinations after finding that they were transporting donations.”
