For a few weeks, days have been held in Colombia that seek to renew their documents for those people whose driver’s license expired in 2023. Although the maximum deadline to do so expired on June 20, drivers can still do so without receiving fines.as long as they do not drive while carrying out the process.
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And it is that those who decided to use their motorcycle, car or any automotive vehicle without having renewed they can face a fine of 309,336 pesos, as it is a B02 violation of article 113 of the National Traffic Code.
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This is a cost that obviously many would prefer to avoid and it can as long as you respect the current regulations, however, among the exceptions to what it is inevitable there is the increase in the cost of living and in turn the probable increase in the cost of renovation.
If you drive without renewing your license, you can expose yourself to a very high fine.
Sergio Acero Yate – Óscar Bernal / El Tiempo.
Although it is very difficult to determine how much these services could rise at the end of the year, from the economic portal “Mi Bolsillo” took into account annual costs for 2023 and assumed 12 percent inflation for the next year estimated how much the renovation might cost of the driver’s license and even the issuance of the document.
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In the case of the capital of the country, the cost for the expedition for automobiles it could be 253,568 Colombian pesos, compared to the 226,400 that you have to pay today. In the case of motorcycles, the analysis of the medium shows that this could reach 211,120 pesos, compared to the current 188,500 pesos.
Regarding the renewal of the figures and increases are similar. For cars it would amount to 119,404 pesos compared to the current 106,700 pesos and for motorcycle drivers the cost would be 204,736 pesos compared to the 182,800 pesos that they have to pay today.
Cali would be one of the most affected by the increase.
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The calculation of the average also takes into account other aspects for which drivers change their driver’s license.
The first is the cchange of license due to change of documents or data, according to the medium for cars it would be 211,120 pesos and for motorcycles 168,784. The second and third is the recategorization and duplication of the license, in both cases the cost would rise for cars up to 204,736 pesos and for motorcycles up to 162,400 pesos.
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As the rates can vary depending on the city and the transit entity in the country, the portal also indicates what the renewal cost could be for certain major cities. In the case of Medellín, this would go from 63,200 pesos to 70,784 pesos; for Cali it would increase from 146,000 to 163,520 and finally in Barranquilla it would increase from 105,000 pesos to 117,600 pesos.
JUAN DAVID CANO LOPERA
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