Traffic Penalties and Fines for Land Transport Violations

Posted on Nov 3, 2025 in Law & Jurisprudence

Land Transport Penalties: Articles 172-176

Admonitions and Training Requirements

Article 172. Scope of Punishment

Pedestrians, cyclists, and other drivers and conductors of vehicles (including those used for blood drives) that comply with the provisions of this Act, its regulations, or resolutions issued by the Ministry of People’s Power with competence in the field of land transport, will be subject to punishment by the competent executing authority and must attend a training course, as stated in the Rules of this Act.

Very Serious Penalties

Article 173. Street Racing and Speed Competitions

Drivers and operators of vehicles engaged in speed competitions or “chop” on public roads shall be punished by a fine of one hundred tax units (100 UT), without prejudice to other criminal or civil penalties.

Offenses and Penalties for Legal Entities

Article 174. Liability of Legal Entities

Legal entities providing ground transportation services for people and freight shall be punished with fines if they incur or allow drivers and operators working under their responsibility (directly, through affiliation, or other legal form of attachment) to commit the following offenses:

  1. Speeding and Non-Compliance with Rest Periods: Speeding, duly verified by technical means adopted by the National Institute of Land Transportation and approved by the Technical Monitoring Land Transport and the police; or non-compliance with driving times and rest periods required under the Regulation of this Law.

    Fine: Two hundred Tax Units (200 UT).

    The application of six (6) fines in the cases mentioned above, imposed on drivers and operators of the same entity within a period of six (6) months, involves suspension of the relevant permit for provision of service for a period of six (6) months.

  2. Excess Dimensions: Excess height, length, and width not permitted for ground freight delivery service.

    Fine: Fifty Tax Units (50 UT).

Penalties for Overloading

Article 175. Overloading Sanctions

Natural and legal persons whose vehicles carry excess cargo, as well as generating companies and inter-modal cargo transfer companies (as liability is established in each case), shall be punished as follows:

  1. Excess up to ten tons (10 tons.): Fined ten tax units (10 UT) for each ton or fraction exceeded.
  2. Excess over ten tons (10 tons.) up to twenty tons (20 tons.): Fined twenty tax units (20 UT) for each ton or fraction exceeded.
  3. Excess over twenty tons (20 tons.) up to thirty tons (30 tons.): Fined thirty tax units (30 UT) for each ton or fraction exceeded.
  4. Excess over thirty tons (30 tons.) up to forty tons (40 tons.): Fined forty tax units (40 UT) for each ton or fraction exceeded.
  5. Excess greater than forty tons (40 tons.) up to fifty tons (50 tons.): Fined sixty tax units (60 UT) for each ton or fraction exceeded.
  6. Excess of more than fifty tons (50 tons.): Fined one hundred tax units (100 UT) for each ton or fraction exceeded.

Penalties for Public Administration Vehicle Operators

Article 176. Public Administration Vehicle Violations

When any fine is incurred by the driver or operator of a vehicle attached to or belonging to any entity of the Public Administration, the competent administrative authority, while ensuring the initiation of legal proceedings, shall inform the respective authorities of the alleged violation committed by the driver or operator of the Public Administration vehicle.