\u201cI can\u2019t drive tomorrow,\u201d said an independent taxi driver in Quito, Ecuador.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cWhy not?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cPico y placa.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cWhat\u2019s that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cTraffic control.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cTraffic\u2019s pretty bad.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cWithout pico y placa, it would be much worse.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s the program?\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cOne day a week most people can\u2019t drive. Public taxi drivers are an exception. It\u2019s based on the last number of your license. One and two can\u2019t drive on Monday, three and four on Tuesday, five and six on Wednesday, seven and eight on Thursday, and nine and zero on Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cThe whole day?\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cNo, just from seven to nine-thirty in the morning and four to seven-thirty in the afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cWhat happens if the police catch you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\tHe pointed at a billboard and said, \u201cThe multa (fine) is ninety-seven dollars the first time and a hundred forty-six the second. The third time it\u2019s two hundred ninety-two dollars, and they impound your car five days.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cProbably not many people do it a third time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cNo one I know,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cI can\u2019t drive tomorrow,\u201d said an independent taxi driver in Quito, Ecuador. \u201cWhy not?\u201d I asked. \u201cPico y placa.\u201d \u201cWhat\u2019s that?\u201d \u201cTraffic control.\u201d \u201cTraffic\u2019s pretty bad.\u201d \u201cWithout pico y placa, it would be much worse.\u201d \u201cWhat\u2019s the program?\u201d \u201cOne day a week most people can\u2019t drive. Public taxi drivers are an exception. It\u2019s based on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[269,814,952],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n