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| Saudi Shura Council Recommends Allowing Saudi Women to Drive With Limitations |
| 2008-03-19 |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #6 ...the Shura Council is required to impose a one-month prison sentence and a fine on anyone talking with a woman driver from another car, and an eight-month prison sentence and a fine on anyone who sexually harasses a woman driver. I used to have an English version of the Saudi driver's manual. It was a hoot. Each paragraph would identify the offense, the probable excuses offered by the offender and the prescribed punishment. e.g.: a). Do not talk to a woman in another car b). But I was lost and she looked like she knew her way around. c). One month in the hoosegow wid yeez. OR Do not take a young boy across provincial lines claiming he is your nephew. Punishment--eight months in the hoosegow. Now tell me, what does any of these examples have to do with driving safely? |
| Posted by: GK 2008-03-19 16:52 |
| #5 Witty literary reference & pun o' the day award goes to Steve. ;-) |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-03-19 14:09 |
| #4 "The right to drive cars is the right to be free." -- The Body Shops of Isher |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-03-19 14:07 |
| #3 No doubt the women will prove to be as bad as their menfolk, who go beyond Inshallah! to, "If the foreigner were not on the road, the accident could not have happened. Therefore the foreigner is at fault." Saudi Arabia was one of the countries where Mr. Wife did not consider ever renting a car. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-03-19 12:56 |
| #2 No driving at night (might tempt them to immorality) and not on Friday, the day of worship. If they were refused Saturday they couldn't shop on their weekend so that leaves Thursday to also restrict. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-03-19 12:39 |
| #1 The woman driver will be permitted to drive Saturday through Wednesday between 7:00 AM and 8:00 PM. Why this restriction? Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2008-03-19 12:38 |