04/12/2023
Arab Times
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| KUWAIT CITY, Dec 4: Reliable security sources say young people who intend to change the external appearance of their vehicles to look like new models -- for example changing the exterior of a 2010 model to look like 2023 model may find themselves violating the General Traffic Department rules and may face punishment. While fans of the latest trends of models ‘queued in front of shops and garages to change the year of manufacture and the exterior appearance of the vehicle in Shuwaikh Industrial City and elsewhere to give it a new look may be unaware of what is to come. In this context, security sources confirmed to Al-Seyassah that the General Traffic Department began impounding vehicles whose owners intended to change their external appearance for a period of two months in implementation of Article 207 of the Traffic Law, warning against taking this step without obtaining prior permission from the General Traffic Department. The sources pointed out that the Traffic Department stops these vehicles in security campaigns or on the roads, indicating that it has placed a “block” on vehicles whose owners changed their exterior appearance from the 2010 to 2023 models, and that it has closed several stores in expanded campaigns in industrial areas in coordination with the Ministry of Commerce. The sources stressed that the penalty does not include impounding the vehicle for only two months, but rather placing a “block” and obliging the vehicle owner to return it to its previous condition. By Munif Naif Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff |
