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At 5:00 p.m. an extensive queue of traffic was visible on the A2, in the Almada-Lisbon direction, which caused the accumulation of vehicles in the toll zone, due to a fortnightly operation of PSP, associated with the return of the Margem beaches Sul. And return from vacation in Alentejo or Algarve.
“Today is the end of a cycle, in this case, the second half of August. People come from the south of the country, either from the Algarve or the Costa Vicentina, and we have seen a large increase in the flow of vehicles,” he said. the commissioner to Lusa. by PSP Dinarte Diniz.
The PSP official pointed out that “many drivers are concentrated” in the toll zone of the 25 de Abril Bridge, with vehicles with relatives and visible summer elements, such as surfboards or canoes, crossing the bridge following the slow flow of traffic.
“What we are looking for is that people try to reduce certain risk behaviors that can lead to accidents, and traffic accidents in general,” said the commissioner.
The PSP agent added that, in the operation, it is verified “either the legal authorization to drive, or the excessive consumption of alcohol”, as well as “the use or not of the seat belt” or “the use of the mobile phone “.
Dinarte Diniz said that the operation was included in the “Summer Insurance” of the PSP, and that the main objective, in addition to the “repressive and supervisory part”, was “to alert the population about compliance with the rules inherent to the Directorate General de la Saúde “, in the context of the covid-19 pandemic, especially in passenger service vehicles.
Throughout the operation, some warrants for the arrest and violation of motorcycles were visible, and the PSP commissioner also pointed out to Lusa several operations related to new registrations.
With the new model, “a lot of people choose to acquire non-compliant registrations, and it’s an unregulated feature change that we’ve seen here,” he explained.
The return of the vacationers to the north bank of the Tagus was against the wind, which unsuccessfully ‘pushed’ people south and on the weekend, after a trip to the beach or a few days pass. outside of Lisbon.
“We came to take a walk on the beach and sunbathe, and take a bath,” driver Paulo Veríssimo told Lusa, accompanied by his family, referring that, in his personal case, he is still on vacation.
Regarding the PSP operation, he said that it seemed “good”, due to the need to “confirm if everyone is okay or not”, although he acknowledged that “if it was on a different type of day, maybe it was better.”
“In my case they asked me for documentation and everything was up to date, so everything is fine,” he concluded, before resuming his trip north.
José Francisco also returned from Costa de Caparica, after a daily trip, and considered the existence of the PSP ‘stop’ operation “correct”.
Carlos Elvas, on a motorcycle, was returning from a weekend in the south and supported the same idea.
“I think good, as it is the end of the holidays, it is August … I think good,” he concluded.
