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Traffic safety law takes effect in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Materials 12 April 2013 16:16 (UTC +04:00)
A new edition of the law ‘On traffic safety’ inUzbekistan came into force defining a priority of protection of citizens’ lives and health, their rights and interests, as well as the environment and the basic principles of traffic safety provision.
Traffic safety law takes effect in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan, Tashkent, April 11 / Trend D. Azizov /

A new edition of the law 'On traffic safety' inUzbekistan came into force defining a priority of protection of citizens' lives and health, their rights and interests, as well as the environment and the basic principles of traffic safety provision.

The law was adopted by the Legislative Chamber of Parliament in November 2012, has been approved by the upper house, the Senate, in late March. The law was published in the media on Thursday and according to the final article, came into force on the date of publication.

In particular, the law is supplemented by the norms relating to the right of drivers and pedestrians to contact the correspondent authorities with suggestions on amendments and on installation of traffic signs, road marking, traffic lights, the state of the road surface and other proposals on traffic safety issues.

Representatives of citizens' assemblies and public organisations have the right to submit to local public authorities, as well as specially authorised public bodies, proposals on conducting measures and improvement of legal acts and regulations in the field of traffic safety and to participate in events on accident prevention.

According to the new articles of the law, requirement to the state of automobile roads significantly increased. The responsibility for the roads compliance with the requirements of the normative documents in the traffic safety field at the design stage is laid on the project executor and during construction and reconstruction on the executor of the works.

The responsibility for ensuring the road's compliance with the statutory requirements is laid on the legal entities and individuals in whose competence these roads belong.

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