The National Road Safety Agency and professionals are examining a major reform of the driving license . The project provides for the separation of theoretical and practical exams, the extended validity of the theory test, and the digitalization of administrative procedures for driving schools.
The National Road Safety Agency is introducing a 20-point capped probationary licence for new drivers. This reform comes as Morocco recorded a dramatic 25.7% increase in road deaths in 2025.
The National Road Safety Agency (NARSA) is working on an overhaul of the process for obtaining a driving licence . The project plans to separate passing the driving theory test from driving training, while digitising administrative procedures for driving schools.
Only 15 kilometers separate Spain from Morocco, but on the road, it’s a different world. A Spanish driver shared his astonishment at a very common practice on the roads of the Kingdom that has the knack of annoying tourists: the almost systematic use of high beam headlights.
Faced with a chronic shortage of 30,000 truck drivers, Spain is facilitating the arrival of Moroccan drivers to save its logistics. A pragmatic measure by the Sánchez government that is facing the hostility of local unions.
Spain is facing a critical shortage of more than 35,000 professional drivers . To address this shortage that is leading to the recruitment of Moroccan workers, the Spanish government has just approved a financial aid of 3,000 euros to cover the training costs of candidates.
The Spanish government is reactivating the telematic exchange of driving licenses for Moroccan nationals . This measure simplifies the life of a million people but revives the old demons of forgery, with Madrid now relying solely on verification by Rabat.
The Spanish government has approved the digitization of the process of recognizing the Moroccan driving license for Moroccans residing in the country. The measure came into effect this summer.
It now seems difficult to obtain a driver’s license in Morocco. The high failure rate in the theoretical test raises concerns and questions about the relevance of the reform carried out last year by the National Road Safety Agency (NARSA) regarding the question bank.
Transportation sector professionals, as well as candidates for the theoretical exam to obtain a driving license, are questioning the increase in failure rates for this exam over the past few weeks.
The Rennes judicial court sentenced a resident of the small town of Gévezé (Ille-et-Vilaine) to 18 months in prison with a suspended sentence for using the data of a driver’s license of a friend, residing in Morocco, in order to avoid receiving fines after road offenses.
Moroccan residents and drivers in Spain demonstrated last week in front of the DGT in Madrid and the Moroccan embassy in Spain to demand that a solution be found to the problem of recognition of driving licenses.