(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - "Only 10 minutes after Tamador al-Yami got behind the wheel, police stopped her," AFP quoted activist Eman al-Nafjan as saying on Saturday.
Yami carried an international driving license and was with another woman who was filming her in the car, the activist also said.
Police called Yami’s husband to come to the scene and forced her to sign a pledge not to drive again without a Saudi license, Nafjan added.
There is no specific law to prevent women from driving in the kingdom, however, women simply cannot apply for driving licenses and some have been arrested for driving.
Nafjan said another woman, accompanied by her husband, drove for two hours in Khobar city, in Eastern Province, without being stopped by the police.
Earlier this month, activists called on women to get behind the wheel on December 28 as part of an effort began over a decade ago to press for the right for women in the kingdom to drive.
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world where women are prohibited from driving. The ban is a religious fatwa imposed by the country’s Wahhabi clerics. If women get behind the wheel in the kingdom, they may be arrested, sent to court or even flogged.
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