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If you're walking along a designated walkway where the roads alongside have speed bumps, and decide to cross the road, then cars will (usually) pause to let you across.  Some intersections have traffic lights now and they can be utilized when crossing busy roads.  Otherwise, wait for the inevitable traffic jam and walk in between cars.

Of course, if you're one of these poor fellows who looks as though life is meaningless, you can stroll across the road at will, irrespective of traffic conditions and you will quickly and miraculously find yourself on the other side of the road without a scratch.

As to driving, I usually just grab an uber (allows me to skip negotiating with a taxi driver) or I rent a car when going on weekend excursions.  Note on the Taif Escarpment:  It is only one lane, and because it winds around the mountain range you often cannot see oncoming traffic, and there are guardrails in only a few spots that shield you from the drop off of the cliff running alongside the road.  Oncoming traffic sometimes moves at a very fast speed, so there is little reaction time.

In Saudi Arabia, it is mandatory to follow traffic safety regulations. Many work activities are currently ongoing along highways and local roads, including pipeline excavation and tower installation.

Please pay close attention to safety signs posted near construction zones. If you see a "SLOW DOWN" sign, reduce your speed immediately. Drive even slower when necessary to ensure the safety of workers and road users.

By following these precautions, you can help prevent serious traffic accidents.

Stay alert. Stay safe.

I am not sure what everyone is on about.

Roads are risky  in Saudi.  People don't follow the rules i.e. lane discipline, tailgating, overtaking from the wrong side and practically every dangerous thing you can imagine.  I see it in Riyadh every single day (Riyadh, by far, is the the worst re: traffic and driving).  Pedestrians crossings are few in number (at least in Riyadh) and even on those, you have to make sure that the car will stop.

The only tip for driving here is to be super defensive and assume that everyone else on the road is going to do something against the rules.

Driving in Saudi (Jeddah) is crazy, I’m from the UK and I thought that could be bad.

Saudi driving is like navigating a zoo with animals that have been feed a diet of hard drugs and no food!

Generally, most Saudi people are the nice and kindhearted, but you put them in a car and it’s like they switch off the brains and manners at the same time.

Give way? - what’s that!

Roundabouts (circles) the fastest most aggressive wins or crashes, inshallah.

Every car has damage and a large percentage should not be on the road, even in a war zone, let alone a modern country/city.

Seat belts are for adults only it seems, and a small percentage at that, while kids use their parents cars as jungle gyms all while the parent under/overtakes in the hard shoulder at 20+ the posted limited.

The police - they just stand and check their Facebook , because if they fined or talked to every person breaking the laws, they’d cause chaos on some of the most chaotic road system in the whole modern world.

I love Saudi and the opportunity it’s giving me, I love the hope and transformation to come…

But, driving here is like playing Russian roulette with 5 bullets in a 6 shot revolver, while holding a live grenade with the pin pulled out.

Drive like everybody is trying to kill you and be safe out there peeps!