With the new Saher camera installed on various locations to capture images of violators is another innovation for Traffic system in Saudi Arabia

The New Saher Camera have very high resolution cameras to capture images in all directions by 360° rotation. The New features described below are in the testing phase.

New Features of Saher Camera – Saudi Traffic Rules

Speed Limit

Like old Saher Cameras, Latest Saher cameras installed can also detect if a vehicle is driving over and above the speed limit. There was a problem with the old Saher Cameras which were unable to detect the speed limit violations of the trucks.

However, the new Saher cameras have this feature of detecting the speed limit violation of each and every vehicle separately.

Crossing Red Light

The Saher cameras installed at the traffic signals have the functionality to detected a red light violation as well as speeding. I have been fined once myself for overspeeding from the traffic signal camera.

Changing Lanes

New Saher cameras installed on the signboards have the ability to check if a vehicle is changing lanes excessively. Now with the help of new Saher cameras, these violations will be detected by the system.

How to move from one lane to another?

The distance between 2 vehicles

New Saher cameras also have the ability to measure the distance between two vehicles. The appropriate distance between two vehicles varies from vehicle to vehicle. This feature is still in the testing phase.

What is a safe distance?

Sedan car: 3 seconds.
SUVs: 4 seconds.
Heavy vehicles: 5 seconds.

Average Speed between 2 Saher Cameras

Generally, people drive their cars over and above the specified speed limit and lower down the speed at the time when they reach near the Saher cameras.

Now they have designed new Saher cameras in a way that it measures the average speed between 2 Saher cameras. However, this feature is also under the testing phase.

New Saher cameras are high-resolution cameras that can capture images in all directions by 360° rotation. The cameras can pinpoint violations as minute as speaking on a mobile phone, or not wearing a seatbelt.

Off the Road, Off the Camera?

The Saher system not only monitors highways, but also monitors service lanes, exit roads, and any other intersections in the vicinity.

With the installation of these new Saher cameras not only traffic safety can be enhanced, but a remarkable decrease in street crime will also be seen.

License Plate Recognition

New Saher Cameras are equipped with a License plate Recognition System, especially at the entrances and exits of the cities for identifying the person who broke the traffic signal, as well as for statistical purposes.

Traffic Directorate in Saudi Arabia said that they have installed cameas that will monitors drivers who are using Mobile Phones and also check if the drivers are not wearing seat belts.

The director general of traffic in the Kingdom, Col. Mohammed Al-Bassami, told Al-Hayat that “using a phone while driving is currently one of the main factors behind accidents in the Kingdom, and may be the second after speed. Even if the causes are numerous, using a phone while driving remains the most dangerous one, and rates vary among regions.”

Its recommended to avoid using Mobile phones while driving. As in most of the Social media websites you can see vidoes and pictures are being posted while driving, which mean that they are violating traffic rules and if get cuahgt may need to pay heavy fines.

There are numbers of Saher Cameras which track these activities of Motorist and Vehicles at the signal.

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Saudi Traffic department has increased police personnel at the signal and on roads to monitors driver activities and reduce the number of accidents in Saudi Arabia.

So you have to be careful while driving in Saudi Arabia that you cannot take a Free right when the signal is Red in color. You must stop your car before the Sensor is located, else the Saher camera will flash and you may be fines.

There may be heavy fines related to traffic other than this.

1) Speeding:

One of the Feature of Saher Camera is to monitor traffic and vehicle speeds on highways, service Lans, Exit Roads. Due to this system in place, have helped the traffic authority informed on any violation which happens on the road and have helped in reducing many criminal activities on the streets of kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

New Saher system can detect your Vehicle’s speed. Normal Vehicles & Big Vehicles will have different speeding limits and if you overspeed you’ll have to pay fines.

2) Changing Lanes:

Saudi Road system have roads for different roads for people driving on different Speeds. New feature of Saher Camera tracks vehciles if they are changing lanes excessively. Because many of the slow speeding vehicles or bigger trucks which are supposed to drive in slow track lanes changes their lanes to middle lane for speeding it.

3) Distance between Vehicles:

You should keep a minimum distance between Vehicles, Shaer camera also captures deistance between two vehciles as follows:

Sedan Cars: 3 seconds distance
SUVs: 4 seconds distance
Trucks & Heavy Vehicles: 5 seconds

If you maintain less disntance than this then you’re violating the traffic laws and will get an SMS notification from Saher System.

4) Speed between two Camera:

People generally slow down when they are nearby Saher Camera and speed when they are out of sight of Saher Camera. The New feature of Saher Camera is that it will detect if you’ve varying speeds while nearing camera. So, you’ll have to maintain the same speed acroos Saher cameras.

5) Usage of Mobile Phone & Not wearing Seat belt:

Apart from Catching Speeds, distance between vehicles Saher Camera also monitores if you aren’t wearing any seat belt or if you’re using Mobile phone or Talking on phone.

This has reduced % of Road accidents.

6) Off Road Monitoring:

Saher Camera also monitors service lanes, exit roads, city entrances and activities on Streets.

7) License Plate Recognition:

License Plate Recognition technology helps in capturing License Number plates if you’ve violated any rules. This helps you in catching stolen cars and Shaer systems informs the nearest police station in such cases.

8) Jumping Signals on Red Light:

Shaer Cameras monitors speed, distance and any other violations instantly. IF you Jump a signal the photo of your car is captured and a fine is sent to the registered address of your car.

Saher System is all about Cameras capturing all the details which uses licensed number plates recognition technology to track any vehcile in Saudi. Saher started from Major cities such as Jeddah, Dammam, Riyadh and covered all the major cities in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

These camera rotate 360 degree in all directions to capture images with high resolution. Saher systems helps the Traffic Police in KSA to Catch people violating Traffic Laws and Rules.

Check Traffic Violations on MOI

With Saher Cameras violation such as talking on phone while driving, over speeding of vehicles, People not wearing seat belt, reading text messages while driving can be captured.

New Saher Camera helps Traffic Police to track vehicles with its automated technology and help them to catch violators.