Security teams are recording 546 traffic violations in Tunisia

In the first seven months of 2026, 168,13 publicly owned vehicles were subjected to road inspection in Tunisia. These surveillance operations resulted in the release of 546 offenders for various offences related to the misuse of the state vehicle fleet.

The Minister of State for Property and Real Estate and Grandfather Al-Hadhali announced this result, pointing out that the supervisory interventions aim to put an end to abuses in the use of the publicly funded fleet. The Minister stressed the need to limit the use of administrative vehicles exclusively for professional tasks and during official working hours with their accommodation inside the headquarters of the departments at other times, stressing that daily control must be ensured to combat personal exploitation of the vehicles of interest and their movement outside specified hours.

These campaigns are based on a legal framework organized by Government Order No. 647 for 2017 dated 26 May 2017, which regulates the conduct of joint patrols and inspections between agents of the Ministry of State Property, Real Estate Affairs and agents of the Interior Ministry. The field teams are responsible for verifying the sheriff's permits, legal documents, identity of drivers and the timetable for driving.

This fleet is distributed between about 45,000 vehicles directly belonging to the state, and nearly 37,000 vehicles in public establishments and institutions, as well as cars of local communities and public structures, with about 88,000 utility vehicles dedicated to professional activity.

The legal framework provides for the imposition of financial and administrative penalties on offenders in cases of driving without the authorization of a valid mandate, changing legal procedures or using means outside working hours. This recorded lecture reiterates the issue of controlling fuel and fleet maintenance expenses to ensure limited use of public resources in carrying out scheduled administrative activities.