Riyadh: A new cap on speed limits on some highways will take effect tomorrow (February 19) across Saudi Arabia.
The Director of Public Relations at the Public Security Colonel Sami bin Muhammad Al-Shuwairikh said that the new speed limits will be 140 kph for small vehicles, 100 kph for buses and 80 kph for trucks.
In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Col. Al-Shuwairikh said that signboards showing the readjusted speed limits will be put up on some highways across the country.
The roads on which speed limits have been amended include Riyadh-Taif Road westwards, Riyadh-Taif Road eastwards, Riyadh-Qassim Road northwards, Qassim-Riyadh Road southwards, Makkah-Madinah Road northwards, Madinah-Makkah Road southwards, Madinah-Jeddah Road southwards and Jeddah-Madinah Road northwards.