사우디 여성, 승용차에 이어 트럭 오토바이도 몰 수 있다. After cars, Saudi Arabia lets women drive motorcycles

After cars, Saudi Arabia lets women drive motorcycles

By AFP Published: December 16, 2017

RIYADH: Saudi Arabian women will be able to drive trucks and motorcycles, officials have said three months after the kingdom announced a historic decision to end a ban on women driving.

사우디 여성들이 그동안 금기 시 되어왔던 승용차 운전에 이어 

트럭과 오토바이도 운전할 수 있게 됐다.

사우디 정부가 여성 운전을 허용한 역사적 결정 후 3개월만에 

이 같은 결정을 또 내린 것이다. 

킹 살만 사우디 국왕은 보수적인 왕국의 잔재를 제거하고 보다 

혁신적인 국가 대혁신을 추진 중이다.

황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터 큐레이터

Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor, curator

In September, King Salman issued a decree saying women will be able to drive from next June as part of an ambitious reform push in the conservative kingdom.

The Saudi General Directorate of Traffic gave details of  the new regulations that will follow the lifting of the ban on the official Saudi Press Agency late on Friday.

“Yes, we will authorise women to drive motorcycles” as well as trucks, it said, adding that the royal decree stipulates that the law on driving will be “equal” for both men and women.

In historic move: Saudi Arabia allows women to drive

There will be no special licence plate numbers for female-driven cars, it said.

But women involved in road accidents or who commit traffic violations will be dealt with at special centres that will be established and run by women.

Saudi Arabia was the only country in the world to impose a ban on women driving and its maintenance was seen around the world as a symbol of repression in the Gulf kingdom.

Its historic decision to allow women to drive from next June has been cheered inside the kingdom and abroad — and comes after decades of resistance from female activists, many of whom were jailed for flouting the ban.

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Saudi Arabia has some of the world’s tightest restrictions on women.

Under the country’s guardianship system, a male family member — normally the father, husband or brother — must grant permission for a woman’s study, travel and other activities.

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