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 #7 of 2004,

Issued by Traffic Police Directorate of Baghdad Governorate Due to the requirements of the public interest and pursuant to the Item 1, Chapter 34, Law of Traffic Police #86, 2004, we have decided the following:

1. Owners, or their authorized persons, of recently imported unregistered vehicles whose production date is before 1990 and whose entry was before Dec. 31, 2003, are requested to drop by the directorates of traffic police in Baghdad and the other governorates within 30 days starting from the date of issuance.

2. Violators will be penalized in accordance with the items of Chapter 31 and the vehicle will be confiscated for 10 days in accordance with Item 26 FT, Annex 1 of the law given above.  

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

Act #6 of 2004,

Pursuant to the Item 1, Chapter 34, Law of Traffic Police #86, 2004, and due to the requirements of the public interests and the accidents caused by right-handed cars, we have issued the following act:

1. The movement of the right-handed cars is prohibited.

2.  Violators will be penalized in accordance with the items of Chapter 31 and the vehicle will be confiscated for 10 days in accordance with Item 26 T, Chapter 19, annex 1 of the law given above.

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

Act #5 of 2004,

Issued by Traffic Police Directorate of Baghdad Governorate Pursuant to the authority given under the Item #2, Chapter 34, Law of Traffic Police #86, 2004, we have decided the following:

1. In order to have accurate and sound statistics, the Traffic Police Directorate invites BMW, whatever its color was, owners or their authorized persons to drop by the directorate on the dates referred to in the attached timetable. To achieve the purpose mentioned above, people dropping by will be provided with applications confirming the visit and they will be used by traffic police men.

2. Governmental cars of the same type will be excluded.

3. Violators will be penalized in conformity with the Item 26 T, Annex 1, Chapter 19, Law of Traffic Police #86, 2004.

4. This act will be valid upon publishing on mass media.   

Act #4 of 2004,

Due to the requirements of the public interest and the accidents caused by motorcycles and pursuant to the authority given through the items of the Chapter 34, Law of Traffic Police #86, 2004, we have decided the following:
First: the use of small motorcycles whose engine power is less than 125 CC is prohibited in streets, squares and junctions.
Second: violators will be penalized in conformity with the items of Article 26 FT, Annex 1, Law of Traffic Police #86, 2004.
Third: this act will be valid upon publishing on mass media. 
 

Act #3 of 2004,

Due to the requirements of the public interest and pursuant to the authority given to us under the items of the articles 33 and 37, Traffic Police Law #48, 1971 as amended, the directorate has issued the following act:
First: the following is prohibited:

1. the movement of vehicles without registration tags

2. The directorate will give a temporary respite of 10 days, starting from April 12 to 23, for the owner or the authorized to drop by the locations of installing the tags in Baghdad.

Second: in case of not reviewing or installing tags during the period specified in item 2 of this act, the vehicle not bearing registration tag will be seized and violators will be referred to the concerned authorities in conformity with the items of the Article 26 F 3, Law of Traffic Police.
Third:  this act will be implemented upon the end of the period specified above, publishing and broadcasting.
 

Act #2 of 2004,

Due to the requirements of the public interest and pursuant to the authority given to us under the items of the articles 33 and 37, Traffic Police Law #48, 1971 as amended, the directorate has issued the following act:

1. The access of large vehicles to big cities is prohibited starting from 7 A.M. to 4 P.M. save Fridays and the days of official occasions. This procedure comes due to the traffic jams caused by those vehicles when entering.

2. This act will be implemented upon its broadcasting and publishing.

3. The violator will be penalized according to the items of the Article 26/3, Traffic Police Law #48, 1971 as amended.

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