Egypt’s ministry of interior will begin on Monday implementing newly issued amendments to the traffic law, introducing harsher penalties for violations. The cabinet approved on November 5 a draft law submitted by the presidency amending the traffic law in a manner which stipulates harsher penalties for wrong-way driving, driving under influence or exceeding the speed limit. Mostafa Darwish, the deputy interior minister for the traffic administration, told Aswat Masriya that there was no date set for the implementation of the new amendments. “The amendments become in order as soon as they are published in the official gazette,” Darwish said. The amendments were published in Sunday’s paper. The new law obliges tourist vehicles and trucks to install speed limit devices which prevent the vehicles from exceeding the speed limit. The legislation also bans driving vehicles with license plates which haven’t been issued by the traffic administration or those whose numbers are not clear. The law punishes drivers who do not stick to their assigned lanes or those who exercise wrong-way driving with a fine ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 Egyptian pounds. The same penalty is applied to drivers who do not…
