After Driving Allowed, Saudi Arabia Prepares Rules Allow Women to Become Taxi Driver

Women in Saudi Arabia will be released soon next June, after the Saudi government lifted a ban on driving for women.

Following these changes, the Saudi Public Authority (PTA) Authority is now preparing regulations and regulations that will allow Saudi women to be drivers for public transport.

Presented by the Chairman of PTA Saudi Arabia Rumaih Al-Rumaih, later public transportation mode that dikemudikan women can only carry female passengers.

This Saudi Arabian PTA plan was immediately welcomed by a number of transport companies, including online taxi applications, such as Uber and Careem.

Both companies have announced the application will recruit female drivers in the near future.

One of Careem's founders and director of privacy, Abdullah Elyas, said there were thousands of proposals from Saudi women interested in joining.

"The presence of female drivers will be very helpful in providing better service, especially on female passengers who refuse male drivers,"