Saudi Arabia To Allow Women To Drive

[Cloverjo]

Wow, are they finally dragging themselves into the 21st century? Perhaps they'll stop stoning women for adultery when they've been raped. Or is that too much to hope for?

[jourdain2]

I think it is. My half-brother was killed in a car crash there in 1975 and there were no road rules then. I haven't heard that it has changed.

[Peter Pedant]

// So it must be Allah's will that women will be allowed to drive? //
yup strong predestination - sort of conflicts with free will but hey I dont want to get into any arguments with all the savants on AB.
everything that happens is allerz will - I am not sure about whether God wills evil or not- or whether that is down to Shaytaan

also it (women driving - perhaps it is in the surah 'confusion' ) has to be in the Quran somewhere - nuclear reactors are and airplanes so women who drive shouldnt be a problem

[Togo]

Perhaps the Sadies will make them all become taxi drivers and call them Uber Allahs.

[Cloverjo]

Very good, Togo. :)

[DaisyNonna]

Probably

[EDDIE51]

Yes it is true, Sharia law which is the only law in Saudi, does not concern itself with driving rules.
We were warned about how dangerous driving could be.
I worked for Aramco the Saudi oil company, if we got into a road accident there were company negotiators who would come out and sort the problems out for us. Always assuming we were still alive of course.
We were also told never to use a Saudi taxi, as if there was an accident according to the will of Allah it was our fault. The logic being that if we had not taken the taxi it would not be in the place where the accident was at the time it was due to happen, therefore it was the passenger's fault not the taxi driver. There were company Taxis which were insured but ordinary ones were not, so a passenger would have had to pay the entire costs if the taxi crashed.