Overview
- The Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Vial published Disposición 167/2026 to create a single coding table and sanction ranges expressed in Unidades Fijas for traffic infractions, and the rule is now the national administrative framework for jurisdictions that adhere.
- The measure does not create new offenses or change traffic laws and it leaves the existing Sistema Nacional de Puntos in place, so the legal definition of faults and the points system remain unchanged.
- Because fines are set in Unidades Fijas and each province or municipality converts the UF to pesos, the final peso amounts still vary locally; press coverage used an illustrative value of $2,249 per UF to show how penalties can reach tens of millions of pesos in extreme cases.
- The disposition does not replace local traffic authorities or their powers and its practical effect will depend on how many provinces and municipalities adopt the codes and integrate them into their IT systems.
- For drivers the immediate impact is administrative: no extra paperwork is required but recorded infractions and point deductions will be tracked uniformly across participating jurisdictions, which could make it easier to detect repeat offenders and enforce suspensions set by the scoring rules.