Allow Saudi Women to Drive

Women of Saudi Arabia are not allowed to obtain a driver's license, thereby enabling them to operate a motor vehicle. This leads to adverse effects for the women of Saudi Arabia. It effects them economically, socially, and mentally.

Economically it forces women to either pay for a taxi, which can vary in price, or hire a driver through an agency that supplies such services. If the woman must hire a driver, then she must also pay for his boarding and lodging. Whether by a taxi or by hiring a driver, the costs can be extremely cumbersome for the women of Saudi Arabia. In addition, there is no form of public transportation that would offer women of Saudi Arabia a cheaper means to travel.

Socially women are effected by having to be fully-dependent on another person to transport them to places of necessity in order to meet their day-to-day needs such as work, school, doctors appointments, etc. If a woman fails to find or maintain a driver, then she is unable to meet her day to day needs.

Mentally women suffer from feeling as a second-class citizen in their own society; because, they are not afforded the equal opportunity in fulfilling their day-to-day needs. Therefore, not allowing women to drive forces them to suffer economically, socially, and mentally.