A video clip documented the miraculous survival of a woman and her daughter from death in a terrible accident in Al-Hamra in Medina, which angered the Saudis because some drivers disregarded people’s lives, through excessive speed and drifting.
The video, documented by a surveillance camera, showed a woman and her daughter heading towards a car parked next to another car.
Crazy scrutiny
While a person driving a car at a crazy speed rammed the two cars one by one, causing minor injuries to the mother and daughter, and another person was injured.
This sparked widespread anger on social media, amid calls for the perpetrator to be punished. The comments stressed that such dangerous behavior could claim the lives of innocent people.
Heavy fines
It is noteworthy that Saudi Arabia has always announced strict laws to surround the phenomenon of drifting, and imposed fines and sentences up to imprisonment, including imposing a fine of 20,000 Saudi riyals on the practitioner of drifting for the first time and impounding the vehicle for two weeks, with gradual tightening to reach imprisonment and a fine of 60,000 riyals in addition to the reservation. permanent for the car.
Drifting means showing off and maneuvering the vehicle’s tires to the point of ignition at times, in front of a large gathering of young people who are fond of cars.
According to official statistics, at least one driver is involved in a traffic accident every second, while at least 20 people, most of them young people, die every day for reasons related to speeding, drifting, dangerous driving, or lack of attention.