“The Saudi Committee for Human Rights and Petition has pressed the Shura (Consultative) Council to launch a debate on the right of Saudi women to drive. The move by the committee is based on a study supported by 3,000 Saudi men and women from various parts of the country and calling for an open debate that should allow women to sit behind the steering wheel ‘in accordance with religious and social norms.’”

Source: Spotlight on petition to lift driving ban on Saudi women | GulfNews.com