Kuwait City: The Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday that mobile speed cameras were deployed as of today to ensure traffic safety. This initiative was revealed during a press conference on the sidelines of the 38th GCC traffic week under the slogan "driving without a phone," attended by MoI undersecretary for traffic and operations Major General Yousef Al-Khadda.
According to Kuwait News Agency, the event's organizing committee stated that this new generation of mobile speed cameras is battery-powered and will be stationed in various locations to monitor traffic. The aim of this scheme is to lessen traffic violations and ensure maintaining speed limits, it added.
The new traffic law in Kuwait will come into effect on April 22 with either heftier fines, jail time, or both for violators according to the level of violation.