National Transit System - DETRAN Responsibilities

National Transit System - DETRANs

• Article 22 says state and federal district transit executive bodies are responsible within their area of jurisdiction.
• They must enforce traffic laws and regulations within their respective jurisdictions.
• They must carry out, oversee, and manage the training, improvement, recycling, and suspension of drivers
• These departments issue and revoke Learner's Permits, Driver's Licenses, and National Driver's Licenses.
• Tasks are delegated by the highest transit executive body of the Union.
• They must inspect vehicle safety conditions, register, plate, and license vehicles
• They must issue Vehicle Registration and Annual Licensing Certificates, through delegation by the Union's highest transit executive body.
• They must establish guidelines in conjunction with the Military Police for overt traffic policing.
• These departments must perform traffic enforcement, issuing citations and applying relevant administrative measures for violations under the Traffic Code
• Exceptions include tasks exclusively assigned to municipal transit executive bodies and entities.
• They must enforce penalties for the Traffic Code violations
• Exceptions include tasks exclusively assigned to municipal transit executive bodies and entities
• They must notify offenders and collect the applicable fines, according to Law No. 14.599 of 2023.
• Municipal transit executive bodies and entities have the exclusive authority within their jurisdiction to execute traffic enforcement, issue citations, and implement administrative and punitive actions
• This is in accordance with articles 95, 181, 182, 183, 218, and 219, subsections V and X of the head of article 231, and articles 245, 246, and 279-A of the Traffic Code
• This application included by Law No. 14.599, in 2023
• They must collect fees from vehicle and object storage and removal.
• They must notify the Union's traffic executive body of driving license suspensions and revocations, as well as the collection of the National Driver's License.
• They must gather statistics and conduct studies on traffic accidents and their causes, complying with Law No. 14.599 of 2023.
• They must accredit organizations or entities to carry out activities under traffic laws, following CONTRAN regulations.
• These departments implement actions for the National Traffic Policy and the National Traffic Program.
• They promote and participate in traffic education and safety projects and programs as directed by CONTRAN.
• They must integrate with other bodies of the National Traffic System for collecting and offsetting fines imposed within their jurisdiction.
• This aims to unify licensing, streamline processes, and expedite vehicle and driver's record transfers between federal units.
• They must provide vehicle registration details and the data of qualified drivers to traffic and municipal road executive bodies.
• In order to impose and communicate penalties and collect fines within their areas of competence
• They must monitor vehicle emissions and noise levels per article 66
• These departments also support local environmental agencies when requested regarding specific local environmental organs.
• They must coordinate with other agencies of the National Traffic System in the State, coordinated by the respective CETRAN.
• They must establish and run public traffic schools for children, adolescents, young people, and adults, using theoretical and practical courses on the regulations, signage, and conduct in traffic
• (Text altered by Law No. 14.440, of 2022)
• The power to suspend drivers will be used when:
  • The driver reaches the point limit in subsection I of article 261 of Traffic Code
  • The violation specifically entails license suspension, and the infraction was logged by the state traffic enforcers
• Transit executive agencies of states and the Federal District are exclusively responsible for traffic control by applying the regulations
• Regulations are found in articles 165-D, 233, 240, 241, 242, and 243, and in § 5º of article 330 of Traffic Code

CTB Review Questions:

• State and Federal District traffic executive agencies responsible for inspection, registration, plating, and vehicle licensing for their circumscriptions
• This also entails the issuance of the Registration and Licensing Certificate (CRLV) through delegation by the competent federal agency.
• The States, Federal District, and Municipalities arrange the respective traffic executive bodies and road executives by laying out the limits of their jurisdictional actions.