Female Drivers: Threat or Menace

Female drivers are prone to auto accidents.

According to a report at MSN, in the 12-month period from April 2001 to March 2002, female drivers were involved in over 14,000 accidents per 1 million miles traveled!*

Saudi Arabia has dealt with the menace of female drivers by banning women from driving:

No specific law exists banning women from driving, but the female population is not issued with licences.
Powerful religious leaders, who exert a far-reaching influence over the monarchy, enforce the ban, warning that breaking it will spread 'licentiousness'.

Recently, a Saudi comedian challenged the ban with a satirical video:

You’ve got to have some major cojones to be a comedian, let alone a social activist, in Saudi Arabia.
Hisham explains at the beginning of the video that he used to study in the US. Now, no one knows what he was like before he lived in the US, but he’s a prime example of why it’s important for people to travel – including Americans. International travel – any travel – expands your horizons. And it can show you things like the fact that “socialist” health care isn’t the big bad that washed-up-70s-sit-com-stars claim it is, and that yes, Virginia, women can drive without harming their ovaries.

What do you think?  Should women be allowed to drive cars?  Or vote?  Or own property?  Or wear trousers?! Or make their own health care decisions?

*According to this report, during the same period, male drivers were in involved in over 33,000 accidents per 1 million miles traveled, but that's beside the point of this article.

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