With many carrots and some sticks, ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia seeks to tackle entrenched male attitudes towards women drivers before millions take the wheel, many for the first time, next June. “You can revoke the ban, but you cannot force men to allow their sisters and wives to drive,” said a Saudi man with a private taxi company in Riyadh, declining to be named. “Expect more accidents” because of women drivers, remarked one Saudi, echoing an avalanche of sexist comments on Twitter. Riyadh is already moving to bring female driving instructors from abroad and establish driving schools exclusively for women. “Women drivers will become a new normal and then people will say: ‘How come we didn’t allow this to happen sooner?

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 04, 2017 16:52 UTC