Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo — Local officials and transport company representatives met Tuesday to agree on new measures aimed at reducing road accidents, a week after a crash near Tulum International Airport killed three employees traveling in a transport vehicle.
Uri Carmona Islas, the city councilman who organized the meeting, said the companies were summoned because of the fatal crash and to push them to take steps that would bring accident rates down.
Carmona also criticized the firms for refusing to take part in a job fair that officials had hoped would help them hire enough drivers to stop forcing operators into long shifts. In the Tulum crash, authorities determined that the driver fell asleep at the wheel.
At Tuesday’s session, the two sides agreed to new training requirements for operators. A previous meeting had focused on health measures to make sure drivers are fit to work.
Not every company that was invited attended. Del Valle, one of the main firms involved in recent highway accidents, was absent.
Local authorities now want to bring in not only the Quintana Roo Mobility Institute (IMOVEQROO) but also the federal Communications and Transport Ministry (SICT) and the National Guard.
Carmona acknowledged that a job fair had been scheduled for Tuesday but was cancelled after the companies said they had no vacancies to offer.
Officials then presented complaints already filed against the companies and their drivers, which the firms had also denied existed. The parties agreed to review driver logbooks every month to track working hours.
They also agreed to apply safety filters, verifying that each company’s insurance policies are current and that vehicles pass proper mechanical inspections before permits are issued.
Carriers blamed high staff turnover, saying operators rarely stay in the job because many move from personnel transport to tourist transport.
Carmona insisted that companies must employ full crews to provide the service for which hotels and other businesses contract them.
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