Motorists caught using their phones land driving would hold upward jailed for 24 hours, as well as bring their licenses suspended for traveling over 160 kmph on roads.
The Interior Ministry of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced that motorists caught using their phones land driving would hold upward jailed for 24 hours, as well as bring their licenses suspended for traveling over 160 kmph on the nation's roads.
According to Arab News, 60 people were penalised concluding calendar month for this violation. The traffic division has already suspended services for a number of reckless drivers who exceeded the speed confine of 160 kmph.
Col. Abdulaziz Al-Luhaidan, caput of the committee for the evolution of traffic bodies, made the statement on a radio program.Al-Luhaidan said that in that place would besides hold upward severe penalties for speedsters. No i has the correct to overturn the commission's rulings, including the caput of the ministry's Public Security division, he said.Al-Luhaidan said the committee tin number rulings on 73 traffic violations, eleven concerned amongst offenses affecting populace security that tin resultant inwards imprisonment. These include running cerise lights, driving inwards incorrect side, driving nether the influence, stunt driving, as well as obscuring number plates.Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Ali Al-Rasheedi, spokesman of the traffic police, said a driver constitute speeding would hold upward sent iii text messages, later on which they volition hold upward asked to seem at the traffic office."If the mortal fails to seem at the given engagement as well as time, the division volition automatically suspend all his traffic services, as well as slap a penalty," he said.
The activity comes inwards the wake of a novel machinery called "blocking" which applies to those driving at high speed. They are non allowed to pay the fine through an ATM or online as well as must seem inwards person.