WOMEN SHOULDNT BE BEHIND THE WHEELS

Assalamualaikum guys i hope you have a wonderful day today. Have you heard that women are banned to drive in Saudi Arabia? Women driving in Saudi Arabia is not technically against the law, but is banned in practice. Currently, Saudi Arabia is the only country that ban their women from driving. So what drives Saudi’s legislator into applying such bans? Although to our own perspectives, this seems to be discrimination towards women’s right . However, there must reasons for that issue to occur. There must be some acceptable reasons why women shouldn’t be behind the wheels.

I believe that women should not be behind wheels. First as we know we cannot judge emotionally when we heard or see something especially on statement like this. Before quickly judging on something, critical analysis is needed to fully understand the situation entirely and then we make our own judgments whether to say “yes” or “no”. Now i will tell you why women shouldn't be behind the wheel. First let’s take a look at what Saudi Cleric has to say on women shouldn't be behind the wheel. Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Shaikh said that driving would leave women vulnerable to a number of problems.

Leaving them freedom to drive could lead to going out without any permission or knowledge of their relatives and this could cause problems for families as they ‘would not know where they were. Not only that, women are possibly exposed to serious dangers. For example, If the car stops in the middle of nowhere there is a high chance to get molested .As we know women are vulnerable to such dangers and with the driving ban implemented on women, this will keep the woman away from such risks and that is why this measure is imperative for the greater good.

Second, most women are lack of confidence and skills in driving. Women typically are more nervous than men. Braking frequently even when it is unnecessary is not just annoying to the drivers behind you but it is also dangerous. This is because of lack of confidence and nervousness. Furthermore, nervousness in driving can also be seen when someone is driving 20 to 30 kmh under the speed limit it also potentially more dangerous than going accordingly to the speed limit because we need to also aware with our surroundings, our speedometer, and the drivers around us. Not only that when someone is driving slowly especially in a one lane road, the drivers behind them are forced to take risks to undertake them. This could lead to risks of head on accidents. These nervous drivers usually unable to think clearly that when they are stalling many cars they have to go a little bit to the side to give the cars at the back a safer opportunities to overtake. They sometime does not responds to flashlight because of the nervous drivers who may focusing only on the road but not the mirror altogether. I am not trying to stereotyping women with bad driving. Some women are a better driver than myself but this is what I have seen through my own experiences and what people said to me that many women have inadequate driving skills due to factors like confidence and others. But this doesn’t also makes men a better driver because we all know that male drivers are far more aggressive drivers than women. But, at least they are much more aware of his surroundings, his speed and usually recognize danger around them while responding immediately to avoid such dangers. I really do think that women should not be behind the wheels until the government could enforce the driving lesson agencies to improve their driving lesson to overcome the bad habits on the road, teaching drivers to be more confident and putting the requirements to get a driving license more strict.