The Internal Regulations, Immunity and Legal Affairs Commission of the National Council of Regions and Districts held a meeting devoted, in its first part, to the hearing of Deputy Marouane Ziane regarding his proposal concerning “the establishment of a warning vignette system for road offenses.”
At the start of the session, Deputy Marouane Ziane presented the motivations and objectives of his proposal, referring to the numerous remarks and complaints voiced by a broad segment of citizens regarding the so-called “chengal” tow-truck system, due to the damage and negative repercussions, technical and mechanical in nature, that it can cause to vehicles.
The author of the proposal explained that one of the main objectives of this project is to strengthen the role of municipalities within the new framework, while further improving the application of the provisions of Articles 38, 39, 83, 85, 100 and 101 of the Highway Code.
Several speakers questioned the lack of precise figures regarding the number of municipal police officers, the reasons behind the 24-hour deadline, and the applicability of the system to foreign-registered vehicles.
Marouane Ziane clarified that the choice to involve the municipal police aims in particular to contribute to the development of municipalities’ financial resources. He also indicated that the system would concern and apply to vehicles bearing foreign license plates.
He added that the proposed system would operate continuously, 24 hours a day, and would foresee an additional fine if the duration of the offense exceeds 24 hours without regularization. The detection of the offense would be carried out digitally, through the establishment of an application or an electronic platform. According to him, digitization is of particular importance, especially to limit manipulation risks at the impound yards.
