Muscat: Omani ruler Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed approved on Thursday ammendments to the new Traffic Law through Royal Decree no. 38\2016.
Ammendements include stiffer penalties and increased traffic fines to ensure road safety and reduce the number of fatalties and injuries.
Drivers using mobile phones while driving will be fined 300 rials and could face jail terms from one month to two years.
Drivers who injure others on the road could be jailed up to one year and fined 2000 rials.
Full details of the new ammendments will be revealed on Sunday.
Ammendments were approved by the Council of Ministers in 2015 and then sent to Sultan Qaboos for final approval.
Oman has a high number of road accidents, with 6,276 crashes recorded in 2015, resulting in more than 675 deaths.
July was the deadliest month of 2015, with 71 people killed in road accidents.