Do You Want to Drive?

It’s early morning, you finish eating your breakfast and head out turning your bejeweled car key on your index finger, humming to the tunes of your favorite song. As you open the door and step outside you, the brightness of the sun hits your face. You head towards your car and began to put the key into the lock. Suddenly you look up and realize that you are no longer in America. You are in Saudi Arabia, and women here can not drive.

There is no law that bans Saudi Arabian women from driving. Women being allowed to drive "undermines social value".

Some of the reasons why women are banned from driving include:

• Driving a car may require women to uncover their face
• It can lead to interacting with other males like at accidents
• Driving can be the first step towards the erosion of traditional values, which is gender segregation
• If a women starts driving then she will leave the house more often
• Women driving can lead to overcrowding the streets and deprive young men from driving

There was a campaign in 2011 called Women to Drive but it was unsuccessful. Many girls however still so drive without getting caught and they love it. But why should they have to hide and drive?
Click here to read more about the campaign:

Why Saudi Arabia can't ban Women from Driving Forever