Women of Saudi Arabia have been campaigning for years for the right to drive and have used a variety of sources to express themselves, most notably online. Come June 2018 next year, Saudi women will be allowed to operate their own vehicles without the use of a personal driver.
King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz issued a royal decree on Tuesday delivering Saudi women positive news.
While this is certainly a push into the future, it does put pressure on select applications including Careem and Uber. For many years, Saudi women were not allowed to drive themselves leaving them to use popular online car-sharing applications.
Not only will the applications suffer, currently 1.4 million male chauffeurs are currently employed to drive Saudi women to and from their destinations.
Sales of vehicles are expected to increase in Saudi Arabia and the surrounding region by up to 20 percent per year. Not only would it benefit the car industry, but the economy of the country too.
This without a doubt, has been a long time coming as Saudi women have been campaigning for the rights to drive in one form or another for years.
As it stands, Saudi Arabia is the only country on the planet where women are not allowed to drive themselves. Come June 2018, and that will be irrelevant.
Saudi Women getting a head start
Having only been announced a few days ago, dozens of images have surfaced online with women of the country behind the wheel being taught how to drive preparing themselves for June 2018.
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