Saluting the woman driving instructor of Kabul

We’re sure that most of you heard or read the news recently about the Saudi woman who was sentenced to nine days in prison for the offence, yes, “offence” of driving a car.

It is very sad really, that women drivers can still be treated in such a way in certain societies when it is clear that they are just as capable as men are of competently driving a car.

In fact, if pressed to say which gender made for the better drivers, it would be hard to argue with the reality that cheaper car insurance premiums for women and better accident statistics reflect their superior safety and reliability.

But, sadly, it is not only in Saudi Arabia that women drivers are subjected to unacceptable prejudice. In Afghanistan, despite the fact that it is legal for women to drive, any woman driver brave enough to take to the road faces the prospect of aggression, persecution and dangerous behind-the-wheel harassment.

In fact, Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, has only one woman driving instructor, and she has to fight bravely each day just to remain on the road.

"It bothers men when women drive," she told Reuters

"But I wasn't scared of them then and I am not scared of them now.”

Shakila Naderi, the woman driving instructor of Kabul, we at CoverGirl salute you.

Labels: car insurance, woman, women drivers