Why is a Saudi girl driving a car on a beach arrested?

Posted on Feb 13, 2020

Riyadh: Police in Saudi Arabia arrested a tire-scratching girl, video of the girl went viral on social media.

According to the Saudi website, the girl who appeared in the video after a viral video on social media was arrested by the Qatif Commissioner, it is seen in the video that the girl is scratching the tire from the sports car near the beach.

People were amazed at the way the girl's tire creaked.

According to the Director-General of the Traffic Department, Mohammad Al-Bassami, the police arrested the girl who was scratching the tire after the video clip went viral and handed it over to the relevant department.

He says disciplinary action is being taken against under custody Saudi girl as per traffic law.

It is to be noted that Saudi traffic law has issued a chart of violations, which prohibits tire scratching, saying it is a violation that could endanger public safety.

Authorities have made it clear that the penalties imposed on traffic violations will not discriminate against anyone on the basis of gender.

In the aforementioned chart, the Saudi Department of Traffic has warned the public not to violate traffic-related threats, there are 9 actions that must be avoided otherwise the law would be violated.

The Department of Traffic clearly states that driving at excessive speeds, driving while intoxicated, breaking signals, overtaking in speed and driving in the wrong direction (wrong way) are serious offences.