The new traffic law put many items and articles that the concerned parliament committees did not settle on the final form of the law. It is under discussion and examination by traffic experts and the National Road Safety Council, to settle on the final form of the law. to approve.
The articles of the law set out prohibitions for the use of roads, whereby road users are obligated not to endanger lives, property, money or the lives of citizens, or to disturb the safety of the road, the infrastructure and its equipment, or the infrastructure surrounding the road, or to disrupt or impede the use of it by others, or to disturb or damage the environment. While adhering to traffic rules and etiquette in addition to imposing financial and administrative penalties issued by the competent authorities, with the presentation of driving and driving licenses when requested by traffic officers. The penalties reach imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, and a fine of not less than 5 thousand pounds and not more than 20 thousand pound or one of the two.
Article 19 of the law obligates the prohibition of tampering with the road, construction, excavation, paving, or any act that would affect traffic on it, except with licenses from the licensing authorities and after coordination with the Traffic Department. According to the Egyptian Roads Code, in securing business areas to prevent accidents or disruption of traffic.
The law also punishes with imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, for anyone who erects an industrial bump without a license, or who closes a place, cuts off, detains, or prevents the use of a part of the road in a way that leads to narrowing it, obstructing traffic, or endangering citizens or money, or putting Signs or objects on the roads that harm it or disrupt traffic, or if the relevant traffic department is not notified before commencing any construction or excavation process, or if vehicles or animals are left, as happens on the coastal roads in Matrouh and Alexandria and causes traffic accidents or things in the road. The public road, which causes danger to its users, or obstructs traffic, or if races, celebrations, gatherings, or private processions are organized on the roads without prior permission from the Traffic Department..
The new traffic law, which falls to non-vehicle drivers, such as “cutting off part of the river road, setting up speed bumps, factories of motorized bicycles and taxis that are not licensed before selling them, establishes facilities that attract citizens’ hesitation without studying the traffic impact, and financial penalties are discussed for them to prevent Citizens do it and to monitor these violations on a regular basis.
The proposed new law stipulates that the Traffic Department has the necessary rules and requirements for conducting the technical test in driving and cases of exemption from it, and the cost of extraction expenses, and the driver’s license will not be given to the driver unless all conditions are met. In the event of casualties and injuries, because most of the materials are thickened and will contribute to reducing accidents.
Article 76 bis also states: Anyone who deliberately drives in the opposite direction on a public road inside or outside cities shall be punished by imprisonment and a fine of no less than 4,000 and not more than 8,000 pounds, or one of the two penalties. Traffic Injury or death to others The financial fine is doubled, with the driver’s license cancelled, and a new license may not be granted until after a period equal to the period of imprisonment imposed.
The articles of the law stipulated that the car’s license will not be renewed except in the presence of the owner of the car or with a special power of attorney from him, in order to prevent the final multiplicity of agencies, which cause many crises in the real estate registry, to reduce fraud, and to oblige the owner of the car, upon purchase, to go to the real estate registry to register data The new law also included placing an article stating that no driver obtains a driver’s license without training, in centers approved by the state and with certificates proving his competence to drive in order to prevent traffic accidents..
The new law also punishes the driver of any of these vehicles, and anyone who walks, obstructs, or prevents the use of part of the river in front of the ambulance, firefighter, or rescue vehicle, with imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months and a fine of no less than five thousand pounds and not more than twenty thousand pounds. or one of these two penalties.
The articles of the law include that the driver has the right to drive for a period of 30 days after the expiry of the license, provided that the period of compulsory insurance covers this period, as stipulated in the article: Following the expiry of the license period, the license is considered valid within the thirty days period, provided that the compulsory insurance policy covers this period..