prone spots in Jeddah Governorate which regularly claim the lives of motorists, a senior traffic official has said. However Col. Zaid Al-Hamzi, Director of Public Relations in Jeddah Governorate, said traffic police, secret police and Saher are always present at these sites. Al-Hayat Arabic daily also quoted him as saying that the traffic authorities have designed guidelines to keep drivers fully aware of traffic rules. “Traffic signals are programmed according to the traffic flow on the street. Each traffic signal has its own program especially during rush hours and each signal works automatically,” Col. Al-Hamzi said. These signals are set up according to criteria such as the number of important intersections, pedestrian crossings and road intersections. Traffic signals are to replace the seven major roundabouts in Jeddah which Brig. Muhammad Hassan Al-Qahtani, Director of Jeddah Traffic Administration, recently revealed would be removed.
