Saudi women will also be allowed to drive trucks, ride motorcycles


  • World
  • Saturday, 16 Dec 2017

A Saudi woman checks a car at a showroom in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. - Reuters pic

RIYADH: Saudi Arabian women will be able to drive trucks and ride motorcycles, officials have said three months after the kingdom announced a historic decision to end a ban on women driving.

In September, King Salman issued a decree saying women will be able to drive from next June as part of an ambitious reform push in the conservative kingdom.

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