Video: Saudi woman drives car to train her new driver

A Saudi woman defied a ban on female driving in the Gulf Kingdom and took her new private driver on a ride on motorways to teach him how to drive in her country.

A YouTube film lasting more than eight minutes showed the woman was giving instructions to the Asian driver while her Asian housemaid was sitting in the back seat and interpreting for him.

‘Sada’ newspaper said the film, which went viral on social networks, was taken in the Northwestern town of Tabuk

Saudi woman are not allowed to drive cars in Saudi Arabia but many of them have defied the ban over the past years. Some of them have been arrested and made to write a statement not to repeat the offence.