Saudi Gazette report



JEDDAH — A lawyer and a legal advisor has revealed that 70 percent of couples' disputes relating to traffic cases were caused by Saher, as a result of speed violations by wife-owned vehicles. This has led several women to file legal proceedings against their husbands and guardians, claiming that the husbands committed such violations, demanding payment. The number of cases brought to the courts during about 50 days from the starting of Rajab (April) was 12,024. This number includes cases of women affected by large fines that resulted due to traffic violations by vehicles belonging to them, Al-Watan reported.



Lawyer Nawaf Al-Nabati revealed to Al-Watan that there is an increase in disputes over women refusing to pay traffic fines recorded by the automated monitoring system Saher. He explained that the reason for this is due to speeding by husbands or guardians. The number of reported cases is more than 50 violations per month. Al-Nabati explained that traffic cases constitute 70 percent of marital disputes in the personal status courts, citing the ignorance of a number of wives of the laws of traffic regulations and exploitation of men for women in owning vehicles under the woman's name.



Al-Nabati confirmed that if the wife files a case in the court and then files an appeal against these violations and demands returning of all the amounts recorded on behalf of the husband, the credibility of the wife's case will be verified through the case manager and once confirmed, an official letter is issued by the court to the Traffic Department. If all verified information is found correct, the husband or the beneficiary guardian of the vehicle is ordered to pay all the amount of traffic violations. These violations are then transferred to be addressed to the husband or guardian and therefore applied through the traffic department.



He added that there are ways to protect wives from the exploitation of spouses when she buys a vehicle and gives it to her guardian or her husband to use. This protection can be done through obtaining an authorization that allows the beneficiary to drive the vehicle and is processed at the Traffic Department.