DAMMAM: A study is being conducted to consider raising speed limits on roads monitored by the Saher system, according to a spokesman for the General Traffic Administration in the Eastern Province. Current speed limits on monitored roads were set by several government departments, the spokesman noted, not by the traffic police alone, as some people think. He said the one-month period given for paying traffic fines before they are increased to the maximum amount starts when the driver is electronically notified on his mobile phone, if he has registered his number for that purpose, not as soon as the violation was detected. The Traffic Administration in the Eastern Province has enabled receiving complaints and observations about the Saher system and it has received no complaints about delayed notifications of violations, the spokesman said. The fine for exceeding the speed limit up to 25 kilometers per hour is SR300, which is increased to SR500 if it is not paid in a month. Exceeding the limit by more than 25 kilometers per hour carries a SR500 fine that is increased to SR900 after a month of non
