Saudi Women Allowed To Drive Is The New Viral Trend On The Internet

The conventional Saudi Arabia surprised the world on Tuesday, September 27th, 2017 when a royal decree was issued to allow women to drive. The news made headlines across the globe and as expected, memes and videos followed soon after, not to mention all the opportunists looking to profit from the new found freedom of Saudi women.

Saudi women have now even received their own anthem as part of the uproar. Most Of Us, a band in Jeddah, has released a song called ‘Saudi Girls Will Drive’ and the Internet is loving it.

On the tune of Born To Be Wild from Steppenwolf, the band sings: “No more driver, Uber or taxis to take you any place. Like a true Arabian girl, you were born to shine like a pearl. Now it’s time to drive, drive me around.  Saudi girls will drive, Sister you will drive... Instead of riding in the backseat, come on over and take the wheel.” This was released in support of the new law in Saudi.

Other Saudi’s are also making headlines after a Saudi woman demanded that it be included in her prenuptial agreement that her fiancé must buy her a car.

Unfortunately, Saudi has also seen their first accidents, with one fatality from female drivers. There have already been two accidents reported in Saudi Arabia from female drivers.

One was just a minor accident but the second was fatal.

Last week a Saudi woman passed away in Jeddah after hitting a concrete slab while learning to drive. Her husband was teaching the woman to drive when she suddenly accelerated very quickly and drove into a concrete slab. She passed away on impact and her husband was taken to hospital.

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After the incident, Saudi officials announced that they are going to open driving schools specifically for women in the Kingdom. Of course, all the entrepreneurs are also taking hold of the new opportunities that the royal decree is presenting.

Uber wants to start recruiting female training drivers for Saudi women to work for the company as of next year while others have started releasing ride-sharing apps and planning to open their own driving schools for women. The Saudi government are also planning to employ female drivers as part of the Saudization project.

Here are some of our favourite responses from car manufacturers in support of Saudi women being allowed to drive.

Ford Middle East are welcoming Saudi women into the driver’s seat

Welcome to the driver’s seat. #SaudiWomenMove #SaudiWomenCanDrive pic.twitter.com/oksRbFvLWa

— Ford Middle East (@FordMiddleEast) September 27, 2017

Cadillac cheering Saudi women on

Show them what it means to drive the world forward, #DareGreatly #SaudiWomenCanDrive pic.twitter.com/y5mbYUpVnK

— Cadillac Arabia (@CadillacArabia) September 27, 2017

And Volkswagen being their quirky selves

It's your turn, take over the driver's seat.#SaudiWomenDriving #SaudiWomenCanDrive pic.twitter.com/Hlw3Gnc7fW

— Volkswagen ME (@VWMiddleEast) September 27, 2017

Doodles for the #SaudiWomenCanDrive campaign

Saudi Arabia lights up the world by lifting ban on women drivers.
We delight ourselves by doodling for two. #saudiwomencandrive #ADverb pic.twitter.com/7MY778UqMo

— ADverb (@ADverb_NM) October 3, 2017