Let's be fair to Saudi Arabia. They don't ban women from being in fatal car accidents, as long as they aren't behind the wheel.

Unfortunately convenient promotion for the ban. I wonder if the other woman will be allowed to give an uncensored account of the "accident", or maybe she has learned her lesson?

Well . . . that's just going to lead to more sexists saying "women shouldn't be allowed to drive, see? we let this one drive and now she's dead" in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East will continue to refuse to enter the 21st century (or perhaps even the 20th)

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7of7: That's pretty suspicious.

Agrees

Having lived in Saudi Arabia for a while, I can say with certainty that drivers over there are damn near suicidal...male or female.

It would be more ironic if she were the one driving. Sad tag more appropriate. R.I.P. defiant driving chick.

Why is there a steering wheel in the kitchen?

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's Saturday drivers!

Ironic?

Considering my first thought was, "she was probably run off the road on purpose," and the second is that Saudi Arabia has some of the worst drivers out there, I would not call this "unexpected."

"accident"

I'm not sure I believe that.

I hope their government feudal lord doesn't use this as an excuse to set back reforms for women.

Ironic? It was a woman driver, where is the EXPECTED tag when you need it

7of7: That's pretty suspicious.

I thought the same thing until I read it was a woman.

This would be kinda funny if Saudi males didn't have car accidents all the time. Apparently, they drive like shiat over there. From another article:

The World Health Organization found Saudi Arabia to have the world's highest number of deaths from road accidents, which now make up the country's principal cause of death in adult males aged 16 to 36. First reported by the Saudi daily Arab News, the study found that 6,485 people had died and more than 36,000 were injured in over 485,000 traffic accidents during 2008 and 2009.

An average of 17 Saudi Arabian residents die on the country's roads each day, a report by the Kingdom's General Directorate of Traffic has revealed.

kvinesknows: Ironic? It was a woman driver, where is the EXPECTED tag when you need it

Indeed...

Was she participating in Saudi Drifting?

fenrael23: Having lived in Saudi Arabia for a while, I can say with certainty that drivers over there are ignorant camel herders, seemingly oblivious to the laws of physics, and damn near suicidal...male or female.

There...FTFY.

FTFA:

"al-Sherif and a group of other women started a Facebook page called 'Teach me how to drive so I can protect myself'"

Well, there's your problem right there.

So she was a victim of DWF (driving while female)

fenrael23: Having lived in Saudi Arabia for a while, I can say with certainty that drivers over there are damn near suicidal...male or female.

Drove in Qatar, and I literally saw a guy in a Porsche Cayenne Turbo playing "give me my lane biatch" chicken with another guy in a Range Rover Sport. I don't think you could have squeezed a nickel in the space between their sideview mirrors, and they're yelling at each other the whole time.

/not that "lanes" mean anything there.

FTFA: She was sentenced to 10 lashes as a result of the charges despite holding an international driving license.


I don't mean to be "that guy", Daily Mail, but there's no such thing. There is an international driver's permit, but that's really just a translation of a nationally issued licence. And it looks like the papers you needed to escape Casablanca in 1940.

Women shouldn't be allowed on boats either.

Generation_D: AbbeySomeone: Unfortunately convenient promotion for the ban. I wonder if the other woman will be allowed to give an uncensored account of the "accident", or maybe she has learned her lesson?

I wish Western culture learned its lesson, and quit propping up these 8th century warlord feudal "kingdoms."

As long as we're making money from them, don't expect anything to change anytime soon.

Obviously, a femme fatale

RexTalionis: In this case, she was the passenger and not the driver.

So they'll call this an honor killing?

MANAL AL-SHARIF, THE ACTIVIST PICTURED IN THE ARTICLE, WAS NOT THE VICTIM.

Just to make that clear. The actual victim is not named in the article. Thanks for misleading as usual, Daily Fail.

JMacPA: I don't mean to be "that guy", Daily Mail, but there's no such thing. There is an international driver's permit, but that's really just a translation of a nationally issued licence. And it looks like the papers you needed to escape Casablanca in 1940.

Not necessarily. There's a card format too, IIRC. Different countries have different laws as to how acceptable they are. Most require you to get a native license after a year or so.
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As many have mentioned already, Saudi drivers are recklessly terrible in general. Even *good* drivers are in daily danger there. Doesn't mean women shouldn't be allowed to join the fray.

The Daily Mail is looking more and more like Weekly World News, which now says that Bat Boy is dating Heidi Klum:

Religion of Peace.

Not to go all Silkwood on you, but someone ran her off the road.

I say someone caused her to crash to make a point. That or they just point-blank shot her or beat her to death.

Listening intently

Smelly Pirate Hooker: This would be kinda funny if Saudi males didn't have car accidents all the time. Apparently, they drive like shiat over there. From another article:

The World Health Organization found Saudi Arabia to have the world's highest number of deaths from road accidents, which now make up the country's principal cause of death in adult males aged 16 to 36. First reported by the Saudi daily Arab News, the study found that 6,485 people had died and more than 36,000 were injured in over 485,000 traffic accidents during 2008 and 2009.

An average of 17 Saudi Arabian residents die on the country's roads each day, a report by the Kingdom's General Directorate of Traffic has revealed.

meanwhile in America... 52 die every day.

kvinesknows: Smelly Pirate Hooker: This would be kinda funny if Saudi males didn't have car accidents all the time. Apparently, they drive like shiat over there. From another article:

The World Health Organization found Saudi Arabia to have the world's highest number of deaths from road accidents, which now make up the country's principal cause of death in adult males aged 16 to 36. First reported by the Saudi daily Arab News, the study found that 6,485 people had died and more than 36,000 were injured in over 485,000 traffic accidents during 2008 and 2009.

An average of 17 Saudi Arabian residents die on the country's roads each day, a report by the Kingdom's General Directorate of Traffic has revealed.

meanwhile in America... 52 die every day.

Saudi Arabi population:27 million
United States of America population:313 million

A women having a fatal car crash is ironic? Seriously, we just need to retire the IRONIC tag

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They'll blame the Israelis.

/hotlink

kvinesknows: Smelly Pirate Hooker: This would be kinda funny if Saudi males didn't have car accidents all the time. Apparently, they drive like shiat over there. From another article:

The World Health Organization found Saudi Arabia to have the world's highest number of deaths from road accidents, which now make up the country's principal cause of death in adult males aged 16 to 36. First reported by the Saudi daily Arab News, the study found that 6,485 people had died and more than 36,000 were injured in over 485,000 traffic accidents during 2008 and 2009.

An average of 17 Saudi Arabian residents die on the country's roads each day, a report by the Kingdom's General Directorate of Traffic has revealed.

meanwhile in America... 52 die every day.

Meanwhile, in America, we have 12 times the population. I know you were told there would be no math in this thread, but 52 divided by 17 is only 3. That means we have 12 times the population but only 3 times the deaths by car accident.

I really hope those numbers aren't too confusing for you, because there are probably more numbers that might get in the way... like the fact that 50% of the population of Saudi Arabia is not allowed to drive (women), so it is really more like 24 times the driving population and only 3 times the deaths. There is also the fact that the US has a longer life expectancy, so we probably have more of our population above the legal driving age.

But yeah, what was your point again?

Also, the Daily Fail doesn't really make it clear that the woman who died WAS NOT the famous woman who originally defied the driving ban. The woman who died in the accident was just some OTHER woman who was also defying the driving ban.

I'm not sure if this confusion was intentional or not.

horsepocket: kvinesknows: Smelly Pirate Hooker: This would be kinda funny if Saudi males didn't have car accidents all the time. Apparently, they drive like shiat over there. From another article:

The World Health Organization found Saudi Arabia to have the world's highest number of deaths from road accidents, which now make up the country's principal cause of death in adult males aged 16 to 36. First reported by the Saudi daily Arab News, the study found that 6,485 people had died and more than 36,000 were injured in over 485,000 traffic accidents during 2008 and 2009.

An average of 17 Saudi Arabian residents die on the country's roads each day, a report by the Kingdom's General Directorate of Traffic has revealed.

meanwhile in America... 52 die every day.

Meanwhile, in America, we have 12 times the population. I know you were told there would be no math in this thread, but 52 divided by 17 is only 3. That means we have 12 times the population but only 3 times the deaths by car accident.

I really hope those numbers aren't too confusing for you, because there are probably more numbers that might get in the way... like the fact that 50% of the population of Saudi Arabia is not allowed to drive (women), so it is really more like 24 times the driving population and only 3 times the deaths. There is also the fact that the US has a longer life expectancy, so we probably have more of our population above the legal driving age.

But yeah, what was your point again?

I think I can answer that for him. The point was "DERPITY DERPITY DOO". I might have missed a few derpities but you get the derp

al-Sherif and a group of other women started a Facebook page called 'Teach me how to drive so I can protect myself,' which urged authorities to lift the driving ban.

Wait a minute, she didn't know how to drive?!

I've seen those youtube videos of the way people drive out there. Their roads would probably be safer with women driving on them.

jmadisonbiii: The Daily Mail is looking more and more like Weekly World News, which now says that Bat Boy is dating Heidi Klum:
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I wish they would look more like Mainichi Wai Wai, which was hands down, the best source for Fark links as far as I'm concerned.