Traffic Police Act 3 of the Minnistry of Interior requires the registration of your vehicle        Importation of cars pre-dating 2004 prohibited        Register your vehicle: registration information here        Know your fine directly by accessing the "fines" link        Large vehicles prohibited from entering city centers        Vehicle movement prohibited withour registration tags        Use of small motor-bikes prohibited        Use of right-handed driver side cars prohibited

Advices and directions for vehicles drivers
* Give the way to the following vehicles( ambulance –extinguisher-police) for facilitate their duties by using the right side of the road or stop if the situation demand that, and through doing this you will contribute in saving people lives.
* You have not used the big sound devices or multi notes that caused noisy for other road users especially inside inhabitant areas or near hospitals and schools.      * Stop your vehicle in particular parks, because the miss parking leads to confuse the traffic movement .Also you have not allowed to stop on sidewalk or across area that specified to walkers or on a bridges or in the middle of the road.           * For emergency or necessity stopping especially in the night driving, you must open the stop signals and warning lights. It should be noted here the important of using phosphorous triangle behind your breaking down vehicle and try drag it away of the road as soon as possible.
Advices for walkers
* You must keep walking on sidewalk and do not inter the road.                *You must keep walking on sidewalk and do not inter the road.             *You must not allow children to play in the main road.                    *You must not allow children to play in the main road.                  *You must not allow children to play in the main road.
*You must not group in the sidewalk in away that hider the movement on sidewalk which cause dangerous accidents and disturb other walkers.
*You must not group in the sidewalk in away that hider the movement on sidewalk which cause dangerous accidents and disturb other walkers.
*You must not carry any thing throughout your walking in away cause accidents.
*You must keep walking in sidewalk and looking attentively to the road movement.
*You must not gather around accident cause further accidents and hinder the traffic movement.
*You must keep crossing from the determine cross-area, and obey the traffic men signals and directions.
*You must turn on firstly right, left to make sure of road emptiness and be ware of opposite direction.
Important wills for the road accidents prevention
Dear driver
*You have to be away of any psychological passivity and keep concentrate, focus toward road only and do not occupy yourself by taking, reading, and thinking or using your cell phone or eating.
* You have to stop driving while you feel tired, nervous or illness.
* Do not drive while you have drug materials or alcoholic.
* Keep driving on the right side of the road and look in mirrors consequently to be aware of rear traffic movement and do not throw any thing outside your vehicle during driving.
* Use the proper light signals that indicate the direction of turning vehicle before suitable distance in order to inform other drivers.
* You must notice before set up back movement or head starting or turning to other side.
* You must not use the highlight or spotlight that cause unclear vision for other road users and lead to dangerous events.
* Keep convenient distance between you and the vehicle in front of you and avoid sudden stop.
* Do not drive in excessive speed, because it represents the main factor for all accidents and you have to follow the determined legal speed according to traffic law. , Therefore, with your avoiding such accidents you will keep yourself apart of sorrowful accidents which lead to human being, and material looses.
Basic Rules of Safety Passing
* The passing must be from the left side except condition of the preceding vehicle that intends to turn from the left side.
* Do not pass the preceding vehicle while it trays to pass other cars in front of it, therefore, you have to wait while this operation end and then you can set up passing safely.
* Passing is possible when the road was almost straight and there isn't any turning curved roads that prevent plain vision.
* You must use signal of passing preceding vehicle at daytimes and using the light signals that indicate direction movement at night.
* Do not passing near traffic lights or near cross-areas.
Driving in Bad Air Conditions
(Rains, fug)
* Do not drive more than 15Km-houre in raining or fuggy days.
* Do not pass vehicles under above conditions.
* Avoid using sudden break while the road was wetted.
* Use your front and rear lights without using highlights plus carefully attention to general road status.
Advices for Riders of Vehicle and Public Bus.
* Do not approach bus or ride or step down while it being moving.
* Do not stand inside the bus, because standing will exposed you to fall and pain.
* Do not bring parts of your body outside bus window, you might be dropped or hit by other vehicles and do not throw any things that affect others outside the bus.
* Do not stand or lean on a bus door handle during bus movement.
* Give help to handicapped, children, and old people inside bus.
* Do not get down from the front door and do not cross in front of the bus in the way that hinders the bus driver vision.
* For the bus drivers, you have to stop in safety places away of turning roads, intersections; and traffic light. You are not allowed to drop the rider in these places especially in highways or randomly stopping.
Wills for Motorcyclist
Dear Driver
* You must wear protective helmet and tide it properly before set up driving; you are also have to wear the convenient uniform that helps you in easy, and safety driving.
* Be ware of overmuch speed and be away of traffic jam.
* Keep driving on the right side of the road and avoid competitive driving to pass other vehicles.
* Be ware of sudden stop, and don’t use hand break at once.
* Be ware of what facing you in the road.
* Provide your motorcycle front screen that protects you from air and dusts.
* Do not touch any close vehicle to you, because this action will head to dangers.
* Do not practice any air sports aerobatics actions that are more dangerous. You have to put in your consideration that motorcycles are mainly found for transporting not amusement purposes in the public roads.

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Act (6) for 2006

Issued by ministry of interior –General Directorate of traffic of police

   Implementing of the Council of  ministers directions and in accordance to the rules of section 34,item1of traffic law No.86 for 2004 and appending to act 4 2006 for the purpose of register un registered vehicle in traffic directories that interred country in legal way and the customs formalities have been accomplished. We issued the following act:

1.        Extended the specific period that issued in our act (4) for 2006 by this directorate for addition 25 days starting with 8-8-2006 up to 1-9-2006. For verification and corresponding confirm with the customs registered files and then to put them in the customs corporation database.

   The ending of determine date in (1) the un registered vehicle will be confiscated and hand to custom corporation to deal them according to the rules of section 12 of traffic law No.86 for 2004 to deal them legally.

3.               This act will be valid upon issuance date 8-8-2006.

Act (5) for 2006

Issued by ministry of interior –General Directorate of traffic of police

Implementing of the Council of  ministers directions and in accordance to the rules of section 34,item1of traffic law No.86 for 2004 and appending to act 4 2006 for the purpose of register un registered vehicle in traffic directories that interred country in legal way and the customs formalities have been accomplished. We issued the following act:

1.We call upon all imported  vehicles owners or their legal agent to contact to general directorate of traffic of police –technical affairs starting with 18-7-2006 up to 31-10-2006 in order to finish its procedures in traffic directories in Baghdad and others provinces.

2. At the ending of determine date in (1) the un registered vehicle will be confiscated and hand to custom corporation to deal them legally.

3. This act will be valid upon issuance and publishing.

Act (4) for 2006

Issued by ministry of interior –General Directorate of traffic of police

 In accordance to the rules of section 34, item 1 of traffic law and for requirement of public interest and for giving opportunity for imported cars owners that interred the country in legal way after 9-4-2003 up to 31-8-2005 that still un registered yet in traffic registration directories. We issued the following act:

1. We call upon all imported cars owners that interred country in legal way after 9-4-2003 up to 31-8-2005 which are not registered yet, to contact customs corporation\cars section in Baghdad to present documentary evidence about the validity of their vehicles entrance within 20days starting with 28-6-2006 up to 17-7-2006 for verification and corresponding confirming with the customs registered files and the to put them in the corporation database.

2. As the ending of determine date the un registered vehicle will be confiscated and hand to custom corporation to deal them accordance to the rules of section 12 of traffic law No.86 for 2004.

3. This act will be valid upon issuance and publishing.

Act (3) for 2006

Issued by ministry of interior –General Directorate of traffic of police

 Concerning to fall many traffic accidents by using cell phone by same drivers during driving ,and for reducing such a kind of accidents and for preserving people lives and properties according to the rule of section34,item 1 of traffic law No.86 for 2004.we issued the following act:

1. Decisive prohibit of using the cell phone during driving.

2. Violators will be penalized in accordance the rule of article 27,item H from annex(A) of traffic law for 2004 with fine cost (30000 ID).

3. This act will be implemented after 90days of issuing and publishing.

                                                                                                 Undersigned
                                                                                                 Minister of Interior
 

Act (2) for 2006

Issued by ministry of interior –General directorate of traffic of police

Concerning to fall accidents companying with cars explosion specially that use liquid gas which newly interred our country and caused many accidents through out fall electric spark near the gasoline tank and for achieving safety goals for all citizens with regard to rules of section 34, item 1 of traffic law No.86 for 2004. We issued the following act:

1-     We call upon all our citizens who have the same above cars to modify their cars action by using only gasoline.

2-     There is no registration for such cars unless making modification for the type of fuel used.

3-     Violators will be panelized according to rule of article 27, item H from annex (A) of traffic law.

4-     This act will be valid upon issuance and publishing.

                                                                        Undersigned
                                                                            Minister of Interior    
   

Act (1) for 2006

Issued by ministry of interior

     In according to statement of chapter 34, item 1 of traffic law No.86 for 2004 and for the purpose of interring the whole data of vehicle that carry white temporary tags that sold from government directories or that imported before 9-4-2003 in computer center in the general traffic directory. We issued the following act:

1-     For all owners of sold cars from government directories or from public sale or imported before 1-1-2003 that carry white temporary white tags to contact the registration traffic directories during 60days upon 9-4-2006 until  6-6- 2006.

2-     Violators will be penalized according to section 12 and article 27, item H from annex(A) of traffic law No.86 for 2004.

3-     The act will be valid upon issuance publishing.

                                                                    Undersigned
                                                                     Minister of Interior
 

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