المملكة: Regulations for controlling bicycles transporting goods… fines exceeding 28 thousand riyals, confiscation and deportation for violators

I approved The General Authority for Transport has set a strict schedule for classifying violations and penalties for the executive regulations for activities of transporting goods via motorbike for commercial purposes in the Kingdom.

This decision aims to impose regulatory discipline, and deter violations through fines exceeding twenty-eight thousand riyals, and penalties up to the confiscation of vehicles.

The authority revealed that inspectors have been granted broad powers that include imposing financial fines of up to ten thousand riyals, in addition to issuing warnings and seizing violating vehicles. Immediately.

It explained that the Committee for Considering Grievances and Violations of the Land Transport System is responsible for imposing the most severe penalties that exceed this amount, to ensure market stability.

The Authority confirmed that the Committee’s powers extend to completely or partially suspending licenses, and stopping drivers or vehicles for a period of up to a full year, up to the final cancellation of the license.

It indicated that the system adopts the principle of strict gradualism in penalties, with financial fines multiplied up to five times in the event of a repeat violation within one year leading to the final cancellation of the license.

In an advanced supervisory step, the authority pointed out the possibility of imposing daily financial fines on violators who persist in their transgressions, equivalent to 10% of the maximum fine.

It warned in a strong tone of deterrent non-financial penalties, which include Deporting non-Saudi drivers who violate the transportation system from the Kingdom’s territory.

She added that the penalties include defaming violators by publishing a summary of the decision at their expense in local newspapers, to ensure the maximum degree of societal deterrence.

It stressed the authority to block applications and websites belonging to violating establishments, and to close stores that carry out the activity without a valid license.

The measures did not stop there, but reached the point of requesting the competent court to confiscate a motorbike for anyone who practices the activity without a license for the fifth or more time.

The authority clarified the division of establishments into four categories to determine the size of the fines, starting from the very small, which owns a maximum of five bicycles, all the way to the large ones that exceed Two hundred and fifty bicycles. Serious violations recorded the highest fines, as large establishments are punished with a fine amounting to 28,800 riyals when practicing the activity without a license or after its cancellation.

This violation is accompanied by accompanying penalties, which include impounding the motorized bike for periods ranging from twenty to sixty days in cases of repetition.

The regulation classified practicing activity without a professional driver’s card as a serious violation that requires the driver to be suspended from work for progressive periods of up to five months.

To control the quality of operation, the regulation imposed a fine of up to 12,800 riyals on large establishments in the event that a Saudi operational supervisor was not appointed for every fifty motorbikes.

The authority approved the same financial penalty for the service provider when it is proven that he deals directly with individuals, to ensure that it is limited. Transactions within regulatory institutional frameworks.

With regard to Cyclists, the Authority warned against practicing the activity without obtaining a professional driver’s card, imposing a fine of 2,600 riyals and suspending the driver for a full month.

It stressed the prohibition of transporting people on motorbikes or transporting goods containing dangerous materials, specifying a fine of 800 riyals for such serious violations.

In an advanced supervisory step, the Authority pointed out the possibility of imposing daily financial fines on violators who persist in their violations, Equivalent to 10% of the maximum fine.

It warned of non-financial deterrent penalties, including the deportation of non-Saudi drivers who violate the transportation system from the territory of the Kingdom.

She added that the penalties include defaming violators by publishing a summary of the decision at their expense in local newspapers, to ensure the maximum degree of societal deterrence.

She stressed the authority to block applications and websites belonging to violating establishments, and close the stores that practice the activity. Without a valid license.

The regulations indicated that the application of the warning principle is limited exclusively to non-serious violations for the first time, with a specific corrective period given for compliance. In conclusion, she confirmed that receiving the reserved bikes is conditional upon the end of the reservation period and the full payment of all fines, fees, and towing fees.