Such are the pressures involved with the job that those still employed to sit in cars carrying Saher cameras are placing barriers behind their vehicles to avoid getting rammed from the back.
Others also make it a point to keep their hazard lights on, especially at night, to avoid reckless drivers colliding into them, Al-Watan newspaper reported recently.
Many of those manning the mobile Saher cameras say they have narrowly escaped unhurt, particularly when cars collide into their vehicles at night.
Those who have resigned say they have done so due to continuous attacks and the failure of their superiors to provide them with proper protection.
Some said they feel unhappy with the system, particularly at the negative way members of the public view them.
They say that in an effort to resist the system, some motorists are removing their front plates and replacing them with reflective glass to avoid cameras from recording their license plate numbers.
Some legal experts say that the way Saher vehicles are stationed on the side of roads is a violation of the Kingdom’s traffic law, as there should be warning signs installed 300 meters before the place they are parked.
The experts also question why the system has been implemented without proper studies and without ensuring the vehicles that carry the cameras are stationed at safe locations.
Capt. Omar Nazzawi, a representative of the Madinah Traffic Department, said Saher has been successful in realizing its main goal of stopping reckless drivers.
“Barriers have been placed behind Saher cars to warn other drivers that there is a parked car. The system has reduced the number of accidents in Madinah in the past five months by 38 percent. Despite the successful implementation, many members of the public are still against the system, and Saher cars and those manning them continue to be attacked,” he said.
