Saudi Transport Authority conducts more than 265,000 inspections

Saudi Arabia’s Public Transport Authority, represented by the Directorate General for Control in collaboration with other authorities, carried out field inspection campaigns in November.

They included 260,454 inspection operations in land transport, 5,369 inspections for maritime transport, in addition to two visits to railway stations around the country.

Riyadh recorded the highest number of violations in November with 11,678, followed by Makkah with 9,549, the Eastern Province with 6,745 and Madinah with 2,228.

The authority said that in November, land transport facilities achieved a compliance rate of 92 percent, while maritime and railway transport facilities saw compliance rates of 89 and 100 percent, respectively.

It added that the violations varied between operating vehicles without a driver card or an operating card and the lack of a transport document, as well as the non-conformity of truck safety barriers with the specifications required by the relevant authorities and the absence of the minimum adopted safety requirements.

It said that the highest number of violations were detected in the transport of goods, followed by other activities such as bus transport, establishments’ taxis, public taxis and airport taxis (individuals)