What cars can circulate and which ones rest on May 31

Another week, the Sabatino does not circulate today. That means, as surely you know, that some cars rest and have to stay at home. Which is it? That is what we are going to explain why not all cars have the same restrictions.

Ok but first of all … Why do these restrictions apply? Because every day the restrictions of today do not circulate, a system designed by the CDMX Ministry of Environment (Sedema) to try to reduce the pollutants of the air we breathe.

This solution affects our cars with a very basic system: less cars in circulation is the same as less pollution in the environment. Of course, restrictions do not apply to all cars equally. Neither the same days nor with the same aggressiveness.

Of course, keep in mind that they are restrictions that only apply in the 16 mayors in Mexico City and in the following conurbation municipalities of the State of Mexico:

• Atizapán de Zaragoza
• Coacalco de Berriozábal
• Cuautitlán
• Cuautitlán Izcalli
• Chalco
• Chicoloapan
• Chimalhuacán
• Ecatepec de Morelos
• Huixquilucan
• Ixtapaluca
• La Paz
• Naucalpan de Juárez
• Nezahualcóyotl
• Nicolás Romero
• Tecámac
• Tlalnepantla de Baz
• Tultitlán
• Chalco Valley

What cars and plaques affect the Sabatino today

Having all this clear, what are the restrictions that apply? Basically, we cannot circulate with our car if it is affected by it. That, as you see in the superior image, applies every day but on Saturdays there are special limits.

And, using the hologram and plate number, every working day of the week there is someone who runs out of the car. But the thing changes on Saturdays because there is some extraordinary restriction that expands the number of cars that must stay at home.

Thus, a day like today the following conditions can be applied.

• Cars that can circulate every Saturday
• Cars that have to rest every Saturday
• Cars that rest on a Saturday yes and another no+

These restrictions, however, do not apply all day. At night they do not take into account and, therefore, are active between 05:00 and 10:00 p.m.. That is, at night we can move freely and without being afraid of fines.

Once we have analyzed all this, the most important thing is to be clear who cannot move with today does not circulate sabbatino. To do this, we will look first at the hologram and then to the plate number.

With Saturday restrictions for cars with hologram 2. In this case, every Saturday the car stays at home. There is no discussion here and we have little to look. If the car has hologram 2, it will not be able to move.

On the contrary, cars with hologram 0 and 00. In this case, as are the least pollutants they can move freedom.

But what happens to hologram 1? They are in nobody’s land. Solution: One week you can move cars whose plaque ends in torque number and the following week will rest. On the contrary, the same goes for the plate finished in odd number.

This Saturday, May 31, 2025 We are in the fifth month of May. This means that, as the five is odd, it will be cars with hologram 1 and plaque finished in odd number those who have to stay at home.

However, there are some exceptions that must be taken into account because those cars can move with total freedom:

• Those that work for electricity, natural gas or are hybrid
• Those who have disabled plate
• All those dedicated to urban transport services (includes funerals)
• Those who offer school or passenger transport
• Those destined for public safety and/or civil protection

In case of breaching these restrictions, the fine will be 20 to 30 times the unit of measurement and update (Uma), which is equivalent to 1,924.40 pesos and even 2,886.60 pesos.

Photo | Wander Fleur

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