Traffic Enforcement

Honduras's National Road Authority (DNVT) is confiscating motorcycles nationwide for violations including expired licenses, missing safety gear, and unsafe conditions, with over 2,300 seized in one week; bikes can be held up to 45 days and fines exceed 600 lempiras (about $24).

Honduran police confiscated more than 550 driver's licenses during traffic enforcement operations over the Morazán holiday weekend for violations of traffic laws.

On the first day of Honduras's Morazán Week holiday, authorities conducted 1,510 breathalyzer tests and found 47 positive results, confiscating 121 driving licenses and 11 vehicles as part of nationwide safety operations.

Honduras's highway authority has impounded more than six public buses in San Pedro Sula for illegal window tinting, with fines of L600–L2,500 (about $24–$100) and vehicles held until the tinting is removed.

Honduras's traffic authority has issued more than 100 fines to motorcyclists nationwide for violating road-safety rules, including failure to wear mandatory reflective vests—a requirement that took effect in January 2026 and carries a penalty of 412 lempiras (about $16).

Honduras is deploying traffic-control brigades on the CA-5 highway near Amarateca to combat drunk driving, speeding, and traffic violations, with plans to expand the surveillance strategy to high-risk roads nationwide.

The National Police confiscated seven motorcycles from minors in Copán department for various traffic violations under the Transit Law.

Municipal authorities in the city center and Los Dolores neighborhood removed illegally parked motorcycles from streets and sidewalks to clear traffic, ensure pedestrian safety, and improve transit order in those areas.

Following a deadly dump-truck accident in Tegucigalpa, Honduras's road police are launching nationwide operations to verify that heavy-truck drivers hold proper licenses and to check for speeding and impaired driving.

Honduras's National Traffic and Transport Directorate sanctioned more than 50 drivers for drunk driving and seized over 15 motorcycles parked illegally in bus bays during enforcement operations in Comayagua.