Sebastián Da Silva admits that he drives too fast and that the photo fines bother him

2023-08-07 22:46:57

Sebastián Da Silva in a file photo.

The senator of the National Party, Sebastián Da Silva, admitted on Monday that he is driving at excessive speed without respecting the limits established by Uruguayan road legislation, and considers himself “an experienced driver.”

“I can’t be a hypocrite. There are many speed cameras, there is a fashion for speed cameras that started in Montevideo, continued in Canelones and now we see the speed cameras and we don’t know the ownership. If they are from the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of the Interior, the administration on duty or I don’t know what, “said the right-wing senator at a press conference.

a journalist from Telemundo He asked him if the speed limits on the routes had to be increased, to which Da Silva replied: “I don’t have much moral authority to talk about maximum speeds because since I do many kilometers, I usually go above that speed”.

“I can’t say, because I’m not going 70 kilometers per hour (…) I am confessing what the largest number of Uruguayans do,” he added, accepting that he violates the traffic law. “I’m not your average driver,” she remarked.

Heading to Charqueada, to see how a bridge modifies an entire region. Always on the road, never at the inn pic.twitter.com/wMNCZKIKsU

— Sebastian Da Silva (@camboue) July 31, 2023

Sebastián Da Silva and his photos from the driver’s seat

In addition to what Da Silva said before, it is common for him to share in his social networks photographs taken from the driver’s seat of a vehicleusually a full-size Ford Raptor pickup truck, while he himself is moving.

“Heading to Charqueada, to see how a bridge modifies an entire region. Always on the road, never at the inn,” she posted on July 31 with an image as described above. On June 9, one can also see on her Twitter account a Photo similar, but unclear whether the photo was taken from the driver’s or passenger’s seat.

He May 24a similar case: “Heading to Tacuarembó, always on the road, never at the inn”, repeated Da Silva the phrase that has become his tag on the social network now called “X”.