Change the color of the vehicle or the posting is a traffic offense            24/2/2009 Said the Acting Director-General of the General Directorate of Traffic Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Sabah Al-Khalifa that changing the color of the vehicle or the posting without notice to the General Directorate of Traffic is considered a traffic offense punished by the law on the basis of article No. (21) of the Traffic Rule in 1979 which states "The registered vehicle’s owner should notice the General Directorate of Traffic of any fundamental change in the fundamental parts of the vehicle, and since vehicle’s body is one of the essential parts any changes in should be noticed on the basis of the Article (163) of the Regulations of the Traffic Law, though adding a poster, however, it does or does not carry any content of writings, drawings or any other data is a fundamental change without the consent of the competent authority, which result in the cancellation of registration certificate of the vehicle as soon as evidence of change, according to the article (21). " The Acting General Director of the General Directorate of Traffic said that all drivers and vehicle owners need to adhere to traffic rules and regulations and not to change the color of the vehicle specified in the ownership of the vehicle without the consent of the General Directorate of Traffic and that all violators will be exposed to legal accountability. He emphasized that the General Directorate of Traffic has find in the recent period the phenomenon of changing the color of vehicles through the reflective stickers on the body of the vehicle to conceal the features and color without the consent of the General Directorate of Traffic, which adversely affect traffic safety, and to ensure the safety of all road users the General Directorate of Traffic in coordination with the Ministry of Trade and Industry to urge car owners not to add any decoration, posters, or changing the color of the vehicles without notice and get the prior approval from the General Directorate of Traffic. The Acting Director-General of the General Directorate of Traffic stressed that the General Directorate of Traffic will intensify its campaigns in the coming period to reduce such a serious phenomenon through control the violating vehicles, hoping from everyone to cooperate and commit to the traffic regulations to ensure traffic safety for all.