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• KUWAIT: Interior Assistant Undersecretary for Trac Aairs Maj Gen Abdelfattah Al-Ali has

issued an administratie decision in !hich he outlined s"eed limits on Ku!ait streets as

follo!s:

A) Speed limits on expressways and outer roads that link expressways and ma

roads with the country's borders are as follows:

# Ma$imum s"eed for cars: %&' (m)h

# Minimum s"eed for cars: *' (m)h

# Ma$imum s"eed for truc(s and heay ehicles: *' (m)h

# Minimum s"eed for truc(s and heay ehicles: +' (m)h

• B) Speed limit on expressways between Sixth Ring Road and Second Ring Roa

as follows:

# Ma$imum s"eed for cars: %'' (m)h

# Minimum s"eed for cars: ,' (m)h

# Ma$imum s"eed for truc(s and heay ehicles: +' (m)h

# Minimum s"eed for truc(s and heay ehicles: , (m)h

• C) Speed limit on expressways between Second Ring Road and First Ring Road

are as follows:

# Ma$imum s"eed for cars: *' (m)h

# Minimum s"eed for cars: ' (m)h

• ) !he speed limit on Fifth Ring Road starting from "ing #bdula$i$ #l%Saud ro

in the east to #ndalus crossroad with #rdiya in the west as follows:

# Ma$imum s"eed for cars: %'' (m)h

# Minimum s"eed for cars: ,' (m)h

# Ma$imum s"eed for truc(s and heay ehicles: +' (m)h

# Minimum s"eed for truc(s and heay e.ui"ment: ' (m)h

• &) Speed limit on First Ring Road as follows:

# Ma$imum s"eed for cars: %'' (m)h

# Minimum s"eed for cars: ,' (m)h# Ma$imum s"eed for truc(s and heay ehicles: +' (m)h

# Minimum s"eed for tuc(s and heay ehicles: ' (m)h

•  The second article of the decision sti"ulated that:

• A/ s"eed limit on rin0 roads from the 1rst to the fourth as follo!s:

# Ma$imum s"eed for cars: *' (m)h

# Minimum s"eed for cars: , (m)h

# Ma$imum s"eed for truc(s and heay ehicles: +' (m)h

# Minimum s"eed for truc(s and heay ehicles: ' (m)h

• 2/ 3"eed limit on main roads in inside areas !ill be as follo!s:

# Ma$imum s"eed for cars: +' (m)h

• 4/ 3"eed limit inside residential areas:

# Ma$imum s"eed for cars: , (m)h

• Article 5 of the decision sti"ulated that the ma$imum s"eed on Ku!ait 4ity roads is , (m

from the east 67n0ineers 3ociety/ until the intersection of !est 3oor 3treet 6Al-Ma.sab

intersection/8 !here the ma$imum s"eed limit for cars !ill be +' (m)h9

•  The fourth article sti"ulates that as an e$ce"tion to the rules in articles %8 & and 58 the

trac de"artment can set the s"eed limit either to increase or decrease based on

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