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For a third con­sec­u­tive day, long lines formed out­side Li­cens­ing Di­vi­sion of­fices across the coun­try, as frus­trat­ed dri­vers at­tempt­ed to reg­is­ter, in­spect, or trans­fer their ve­hi­cles be­fore fac­ing new­ly in­creased traf­fic fines.

Many mo­torists com­plained of con­fu­sion and lengthy wait­ing pe­ri­ods, say­ing the sud­den rush has over­whelmed both in­spec­tion sta­tions and li­cens­ing of­fices. The in­flux fol­lows the re­cent im­ple­men­ta­tion of high­er penal­ties for ex­pired cer­tifi­cates and doc­u­men­ta­tion, prompt­ing thou­sands to try to reg­u­larise their ve­hi­cles at once.

Among them was dri­ver Daniel Rav­el­lo, who said he ar­rived ear­ly yes­ter­day at the San Fer­nan­do of­fice, hop­ing to com­plete his trans­ac­tion, but in­stead en­coun­tered de­lays and un­cer­tain­ty.