Hazardous driving conditions.

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A Saudi historian recently defended his country's prohibition against female drivers by saying that women who drive "don't care if they are raped on the roadside. "During an interview on the Saudi news show Rotana Khalijiyya in January, historian Saleh Al-Saadoon explained: "Women used to ride camels, so one might ask what prevents them from driving cars." The answer, he said, is a "special circumstance" in...