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Law No. 13 of 1998 on Road Traffic

Law Summary Record Type: LawNumber: 13Date: 30/07/1998 Corresponding to 06/04/1419 HijriNumber of Articles: 82Status: Canceled

Official Gazette :Issue: 9Offcial Journal Issue Publication Date: 07/09/1998 Corresponding to 16/05/1419 HijriPage from: 65

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In the implementation of the provisions of the present Law, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings hereunder assigned to them:

“Minister” Minister of Interior
“Licensing Power” means the Minister or his delegate.
“Licensing Authority” means the entity authorized to implement this law and its executive bylaws.
“Vehicle” means any land transport or trailer set in motion using wheels or track that is driven by engine or physical power (human or animal).
“Motor vehicle” means any vehicle that is driven by an engine, including construction, agricultural, industrial vehicles and trailers.
“Car” means a vehicle equipped with a motor engine causing it to move, commonly used for transporting people, goods or both or towing vehicles transporting people, goods or both
“Motorcycle” means a vehicle running on two or more wheels equipped or not equipped with back or side trailers. It is designed to transport persons and items but not designed in the shape of a car.
“Bicycle” means any vehicle equipped with two or more wheels. It is propelled by the rider and is intended for the transportation of people and goods.
“Driver” means a person who drives a vehicle, or cattle that are used for towing, carrying or riding.
“Passenger:” means a person who is inside a vehicle, entering it or alighting from it, excluding the driver.
“Pedestrians” means a person who walk on his feet and those who push wheelchairs which are used for carrying elderly people, children, the sick or others falling into this category.
“Road” means an open passage for the movement of land transport or towing means, pedestrians or animals, whether this open passage is a bridge, open space, lane, harbour pavement, square or anything of this nature where the public is allowed to pass with or without permit, even if fenced.
“Carriageway” means the part of the road which is used for vehicles.
“Lane” means any part of the longitudinal parts of the lanes that divide the road and whose width allows the passage of a single row of vehicles in succession, whether or not indicated by longitudinal markings on the surface of the carriageway.
“Pavement” means a portion of the road adjacent to it on both sides intended for the movement of pedestrians; the islands located in the centre of the road are also regarded as part thereof.
“Junction” means every convergence or branching of roads on the same level, including the resulting open area.
“Direction of traffic” means the direction of traffic on the right side of the road.
“Stopping” means parking the vehicle for a period of time involving picking up or dropping off persons or loading or unloading goods.
“Parking” means the presence of the vehicle in a place for a specified or indefinite period.
“Highway” means a road specially designed for the passage of vehicles, which does not serve the property directly adjacent to the road.
“Road signs” means signs or lines on the road or at its sides designed to control and regulate traffic.
“Pedestrian crossing” means a place set aside for pedestrians, marked for this purpose on the road and requiring drivers to stop so that pedestrians may pass safely when they are permitted to do so.

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Types of Motor vehicles

Private car: a car intended for private use, to transport passengers and their personal belongings.
Taxi: a private vehicle intended for the transportation of passengers in exchange for a fare, with a maximum capacity not exceeding 7 passengers excluding driver.
Rental car: a private car intended for hire without driver, for a certain agreed period of time.
Limousine: a private car intended for hire with driver for a certain agreed period of time.
Passenger Carrying Vehicle: for transporting a number of passengers not exceeding eight (8) excluding driver, including the following types:
1. Public transport vehicle (minibus): intended for the transportation of passengers in exchange for a specified fee paid by each passenger, operating according to a specific route and destination.
2. Private minibus: intended for the transportation of students or employees and their families.
3. Tourist minibus: intended for travel and tourism, may transport authorized employees.
Public Truck: for the transport of goods, animals and other items in exchange for a fare.
Private truck: for the transport of goods, animals and other items, restricted to private use.
“Vehicle for private use” means a vehicle with special specifications, used only for the designated purpose(s) such as vehicle equipped to fight fires, ambulance hearses, cinematography, television and manufacturing workshops and criminal investigation vehicles. The Licensing Authority may add other types and describe their specifications of such vehicles.
“Tractor” means a vehicle propelled by an engine, its design is not appropriate for transporting people or animals, and its use is limited to drawing machines and trailers.
Construction vehicles, agricultural and industrial (machinery or equipment): including road levelers, crane vehicles, and mechanical equipment used inter alia in the field of construction, reconstruction and agribusiness.
“Trailer or a semi-trailer” means an engineless vehicle drawn by a vehicle or a tractor.
Motorcycles

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Lights and vehicle weights:

Full beam headlights: vehicle lights designed to light the road ahead for a long distance.
Dipped beam headlights: vehicle light designed to light the road ahead for a limited distance
Side lights and rear lights: front and back lights of the vehicle, used to alert other drivers and indicate the vehicle's width when viewed from front and back.
Empty vehicle weight: the weight of the motor vehicle equipped with engine, toolkit and spare parts.
Gross vehicle weight: the weight of the empty motor vehicle with its maximum authorized load, driver, passengers, fuel, oil and cooling water in its engine.
Net weight (payload): the difference between the empty and gross weight, in accordance with which the vehicle is designed to carry goods and is authorized by the manufacturer.
The pivotal weight: total pressure of the wheel with one axle on the road surface.