WOMEN READY TO DRIVE IN SAUDI ARABIA

Almost ready, according to Crown Prince Sultan, minister of defense and aviation. According to media reports:

Crown Prince Sultan emphasized the government's readiness to open the way for women driving once they get consent from their families. "When fathers, husbands and brothers ask us for women to drive we will look into it, but if they ask us the opposite we can't force them (to let women drive)," the Saudi Press Agency quoted the crown prince as saying.

Some Saudis say road rage is a definite danger; highways clogged with only men behind the wheels are unsafe for women, they say. They ought to meet some of the women we know.