Improving Road Safety
in the OIC Member States
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It is recommended that the current critical offences monitoring strategy and programme is
further developed and more systematically related to the enforcement methods and levels.
With regard to vehicle registration and enforcement it was observed that vehicle owners and
drivers seem to be able to find opportunities to escape their obligations like paying fines. As a
consequence enforcement measures are less efficient. The legal basis for improvement of the
cooperation between the various parties involved in the vehicle chain should be explored and
enforcement bodies should have online access to all relevant data, 24/7. It is recommended to:
investigate to what extent drivers and vehicle owners can avoid fines and other enforcing
measures; investigate to what extent this hinders enforcement; investigate possible
improvements such as tightening the legal basis for enforcement, improved data- exchange and
access to data for all authorities involved and/or improvement of the relevant registrations such
as connecting the registration of vehicle holders/owners and the central population register.
Technical vehicle details are difficult to verify without reliable sources such as for instance in
the Netherlands the RDW’s type approval database. Despite a legal base for PTI, many vehicles
do not seem to comply with the PTI requirements. It is recommended to benefit from the
international network to enhance the reliability of the technical and owner information of
vehicles that are offered for registration in Morocco.
Access to EUCARIS is recommended to explore, not only regarding road safety but also vehicle
crime EUCARIS is a network of vehicle registration authorities to exchange vehicle related data.
For instance when a vehicle is stolen or scrapped. Access for Morocco can help both Europe and
Morocco to fight vehicle and driver license crime. The conditions for Morocco are investigated.
Morocco must comply for instance with the European directives for privacy and data security.
Another recommendation is to improve the effectiveness of PTI. Currently, a high percentage of
non-compliant vehicles appear to be present. Even taxis that are under a strict regime often
appear to have malfunctioning head and taillights, worn tires, poorly aligned wheels and not
functioning seatbelts. Given the high number of older vehicles that are involved in accidents, it
is recommended intensifying the knowledge exchange between RDW and CNEH.
Heavily damaged vehicles that are repaired need special attention. The automated control of
damaged vehicles ensures that deformations of the vehicle were repaired according to the rules
of the art and are within the limits accepted by the manufacturer. Given the average vehicle age
and the quality level of repair, it can be investigated if such a control can at this stage, contribute
to road safety.
It is furthermore recommended to use clear national criteria for placing speed cameras and red
light cameras based on the number of accidents, fatalities and injuries. Before investing in
automated systems supporting legislation must be in place. Without proper legislation the
enforcement system will be challenged by appeals and lead to processing delays. In addition,
when using such equipment it is strongly recommended to use properly calibrated systems.
Otherwise the legal systems will be overloaded with appeals.