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Saher system is an automated traffic enforcement camera system covering major cities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. [1] [2] The system uses digital cameras network technology connected to the National Information Center of the Ministry of Interior.
In 1953 the ministry was established under the name of the Ministry of Transportation with a task regards supervising the transport aspects. In 1975 the tasks associated with the ministry were extended to including planning, designing, constructing, and maintaining the roads and the bridges.
In 2015, the Saudi Ministry of Interior introduced the smartphone application "Absher" that provides 160 e-services to citizens and residents of Saudi Arabia. [8] Among the services that has been recently added to Absher is a service that allows users to file an electronic complaint against any traffic violation. [9]
A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the minister for transport . The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government agencies administering transport in nations who do not employ ministers.
Transport in Saudi Arabia is facilitated through a relatively young system of roads, railways and seaways.Most of the network started construction after the discovery of oil in the Eastern Province in 1952, with the notable exception of Highway 40, which was built to connect the capital Riyadh to the economically productive Eastern Province, and later to the Islamic holy city of Mecca and the ...
In jurisdictions which use a point system, the police or licensing authorities maintain a record of the demerit points accumulated by each driver. Traffic offenses, such as speeding or disobeying traffic signals, are each assigned a certain number of points, and when a driver is determined to be guilty of a particular offence, the corresponding number of points are added to the driver's total.
The Ministry of Interior was created in 1926 by King Abdulaziz as a solution to end political unrest, tribal conflicts, and statelessness caused by the absence of a powerful central government. The goal of the organization is to serve the citizens and residents of Saudi Arabia, achieving security, stability, and tranquility.
In December 2014, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications announced that the company was operating unlicensed taxis in violation of national law, and that the government was considering blocking the service. [228] Uber was fined 231 million Taiwan dollars ($7.4 million) over two weeks after new rules introduced on January 6, 2017.