Morocco to Exempt Police Vehicles from Speed Monitoring Devices

This measure, which is already raising questions, aims to "respond to the emergence of new means of transport on public roads, and to the use of advanced driving assistance systems to ensure safe driving," as noted in the presentation note of the draft decree.

In addition to introducing changes to administrative procedures within the National Road Safety Agency (NARSA), the text proposes to exempt law enforcement vehicles from the obligation to be equipped with a speed and driving time measurement device.

This provision concerns in particular the vehicles of the police, the royal gendarmerie and the auxiliary forces. For the record, Article 70 of the current decree stipulates that goods transport vehicles over 3.5 tons and passenger transport vehicles with more than nine seats must be equipped with such a device.

Article 71 of the same decree already specifies the types of vehicles exempted from this obligation, in particular those dedicated to the coordination of rail and road transport, public works, driving instruction or agricultural vehicles.