La Vie Economique: Morocco to adopt driving license with chip in support of new road code
Morocco, Local, 1/1/2005

Morocco's Equipment and transport minister, Karim Ghallab, announced plans that driving licenses would carry computer chips, as part of new support measures to the new traffic law that also include radars with photo radars meant to improve the transparency of controls.

The minister explained, in an interview with Moroccan "La Vie Economique," that the new driving license would store all information, mainly fines, and would enable to control fine payment, as thousands of fines remain unpaid.

Regarding the photo radars, he said 8 devices are currently operational were purchased, adding that around-the-clock automatic radars that would take photos of traffic law breachers.

Road accidents in Morocco claim an annual toll of over 3,800 persons, that is ten dead people everyday, in addition to 15,061 seriously injured victims and cost the state 11 billion MAD (US$ 1.2 billion), that is 2.5% of the GDP.

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