Although there is no specific law forbidding women to drive in Saudi Arabia, traditionalists believe allowing women to drive would break modesty laws because they would have to remove their abaya robe to have a clear view of the road.
This hasn't stopped some women from trying though.
10 women in their 20's defied the kingdom-wide ban on driving and it cost the lives of the lady-driver and three of her friends when their car crashed into a barrier then overturned in Thumamah, Riyadh Sunday. The remaining six women were taken to a nearby hospital in northeastern Riyadh to treat their injures.
The accident took place in an area frequented by young men to race cars.
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