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| Woman summoned and booked for flouting traffic regulations after she was filmed driving out of Riyadh hotel | |
| Agence France-Presse in Riyadh | |
| Mon 9 Oct 2017 16.42 BST | |
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| Police in Saudi Arabia have penalised a woman filmed driving a car, according to a spokesman, who warned against violations of a ban on female motorists to be lifted in June. | Police in Saudi Arabia have penalised a woman filmed driving a car, according to a spokesman, who warned against violations of a ban on female motorists to be lifted in June. |
| Authorities summoned the woman for flouting traffic regulations after she appeared in a video driving out of a hotel in Riyadh. | Authorities summoned the woman for flouting traffic regulations after she appeared in a video driving out of a hotel in Riyadh. |
| “We call on all Saudi citizens to respect the law and wait until the ban on women driving formally ends,” the police spokesman said. | “We call on all Saudi citizens to respect the law and wait until the ban on women driving formally ends,” the police spokesman said. |
| He did not specify the nature of the penalty, but added that the woman filmed leaving the Ritz-Carlton hotel in the capital had not been arrested. He said the owner of the car was also booked for violating traffic rules. | He did not specify the nature of the penalty, but added that the woman filmed leaving the Ritz-Carlton hotel in the capital had not been arrested. He said the owner of the car was also booked for violating traffic rules. |
| Last month Saudi Arabia announced it would allow women to obtain driving licences under a royal decree to take effect next summer. | Last month Saudi Arabia announced it would allow women to obtain driving licences under a royal decree to take effect next summer. |
| The Gulf kingdom was the only country in the world to prohibit women from taking the wheel, a ban viewed by many as a symbol of repression. | The Gulf kingdom was the only country in the world to prohibit women from taking the wheel, a ban viewed by many as a symbol of repression. |
| Many Saudi women fear they are easy prey for conservatives in a state where male guardians – typically their fathers, husbands or brothers – have authority to make decisions on their behalf. | Many Saudi women fear they are easy prey for conservatives in a state where male guardians – typically their fathers, husbands or brothers – have authority to make decisions on their behalf. |
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