‘Brother the law fell’: They seek to ban narcocorridos in buses to avoid distractions

The deputy for Morena Nazario Norberto Sánchez proposed an initiative to prohibit public transport drivers from Mexico City listen to narcocorridos while they work.

This proposal details that transport unit drivers may not carry audio players with a volume greater than 60 decibels. To this, it is added that it will be prohibited to reproduce music that promotes the apology of crime or about the culture of violence.

“The musical genre within the groups that assumes, normalizes and incites violence, or the famous narcocorridoswhich have become popular within society, and which allude to drug trafficking, reflecting the criminal activities to which they are related”, indicates the initiative on the type of music that it seeks to limit in transport.

In addition to the above, the deputy proposes that operators must refrain from smoking, drinking alcoholic beverages or drugs, reading, talking or taking companions during their work journeys; In addition, they must limit their work to using radios, cell phones or other objects that may distract their attention during the performance of their service.

Regarding the proposal, the local deputy assured that, in the Mobility Law of Mexico City, these points are not mentioned, and that it is of the utmost importance that the public transport driver or whoever provides this service should not carry out their work in a distracted way, since he is responsible for other lives at the time of providing his services and therefore, he must comply at all times with the internal regulations of his route, as well as that of CDMX.

Why do you seek to ban corridos in CDMX trucks?

According to the Mexican Institute of Transport (IMT), distractions behind the wheel have caused accidents on public transport, for which reason the Morenista deputy’s proposal highlights that the issue of gender violence or apology for crime should not be addressed.

According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), in February 2022, the Public Passenger Transportation System in Mexico City served 111.1 million people, 3.4 percent more passengers compared to January 2022; while in 2020 there were 301,678 traffic accidents in urban areas of Mexico.