Question to Pseudo-intellectual Saudi Women : Is driving car or bicycle a Right or Privilege ?

Question to Pseudo-intellectual Saudi Women : Is driving car or bicycle a Right or Privilege ?

Earlier I discussed about Saudi pseudo-intellectuals not knowing what they are actually seeking for. Their main purpose is to provoke, mislead, confuse, and out to maximize mischief in hate against the society. They should be labelled as mischief mongers who interpret concepts in a way that allows them to use their half baked dubious knowledge as a weapon in social scenarios. They'll use the misinterpretation of facts to appear objective and correct, and thus unaccountable, when "talking shit" on another person. The pseudo-intellectual will challenge opinions or views as a way of making a personal attack. They then usually assume an imagined victory and will feel that the one they've attacked has been "put in their place". Pseudo-intellectuals are very catty and have a strong desire to socially dominate others. Pseudo-intellectuals are quick to judge others and are usually very sure of their superiority based on their ability to use knowledge as social ammo. They'll use any means available to prove themselves "correct" and tend to believe that being correct gives them a blank check for any social pursuits, including ones that are undertaken purely for self gratification. Given their usual motivation to either impress or dominate their peers, the Pseudo-intellectual is completely uninterested in any knowledge that they can't use in this capacity.

It so happened that I came across few blogs by these Saudi pseudo-intellectuals like SaudiJeans ( or is it dirty Saudi-underwear ? ) ; SaudiWoman Eman Nafjan ; and their likes don't understand between RIGHT and PRIVILEGE. Only a deluded and deranged person would fight for women rights and not know what a Right and Privilege means. 

human rights

 noun pl

: rights (as freedom from unlawful imprisonment, torture, and execution) regarded as belonging fundamentally to all persons http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20rights

privilege

: a right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor : prerogative; especially : such a right or immunity attached specifically to a position or an office http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/privilege

It is common misconception that any person in the Saudi Arabia or any other country in the World has a right to drive a car, airplane, bicycle, rickshaw, moped, truck, or bus. There is no such right in any law or Constitution.  Driving a motor vehicle is a privilege, and that privilege can be taken away or modified based on certain conduct, including several issues surrounding rash driving cases.  We all have a human right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but not to drive a army tank.   Once a person accused of impaired driving understands this, it is much easier to understand why many of the procedural and governmental safeguards do not apply in regards to driving a motor vehicle following a police arrest. Despite the fact that driving is a privilege, it is one that can't be removed with some form of due process. Your ability to drive may be directly tied to your ability to make a living, but does not make a privilege into right. Ability for a woman to sell her body to make a living doesn't make it a right to become a prostitute even though some western countries have legalized prostitution. 

I support the case that women in Saudi Arabia should start driving cars, trucks, buses, and bicycles provided there is an infrastructure to support this. 

Do these clueless Saudi pseudo-intellectual women would like to have their bodies touched by male police officers ? If a woman is stopped for a serious traffic violation then a police officer has a right to search her car. If driving around smoking pot and get pulled over, the police officer smells marijuana, sees a weapon or drugs in plain view he now has "probable cause" to search your body! The police officer is allowed to handcuff you and/or detain and even put you in his police car for his safety. For the safety of police officers the law allows the police to pat down your outer clothing to see if you have any weapons. If the police officer feels something that he believes is a weapon, then he can go into your pockets and pull out the item he believes is a weapon. 

A body cavity search is either a visual search or a manual internal inspection of body cavities such as for prohibited material (contraband), such as illegal drugs, money, jewelry, or weapons. It is far more invasive than the standard strip search that is typically performed on individuals under suspicion of narcotic influence or taken into custody, either upon police arrest or incarceration at a jail, prison, or psychiatric hospital. Body cavity searches may also be conducted by the Police Officers when they suspect drivers of hiding contraband—such as drugs—in their alimentary canal.It is very humiliating, uncomfortable, and invasive nature.

Imagine Eman, Manal, or Najlaa having a body search by male police officers ? Is that acceptable to you ? May be Yes, but not my wife, daughter, mother, sisters and many others. This is one of the several reasons why women cannot drive in Saudi Arabia. We need an infrastructure.

One should ask the government for an infrastructure which secures women driving like:

1- Police women to deal with body searches, arrests, custody......

2- Female Paramedics
3- Female Lawyers
4- Female Judges
5- Female Driving Learning & Examination Centers

Read this news report from Arab News

JEDDAH: Since the beginning of the current Hijri year, 243 drivers in Jeddah have had their driving licenses withdrawn after they were caught drunk-driving or operating vehicles when under the influence of drugs, traffic police announced on Thursday. They were each sentenced to 80 lashes and fined SR500.

The police said the Jeddah summary court, which the violators were sent to, issued the verdicts. They added that under the law, the drivers would also be sentenced to various jail terms.

“The DUI drivers are a real threat to other road users and sober car drivers. They are a main cause of traffic congestion as they are not focused,” said Brig. Muhammad Al-Qahtani, director of traffic in Jeddah.

He threatened such drivers with harsher punishments and said repeat offenses would lead to a permanent withdrawal of their driving licenses.

According to traffic laws, a driver who collects 24 points on their driving licenses in a single Hijri year would have his driving license initially withdrawn for three months. Repeat offenses would lead to driving bans of six months, a year and eventually a lifetime ban for each successive misdemeanor.

The Interior Ministry has recently introduced amendments to rules governing the granting of driving licenses.

Any applicant previously convicted of assault, fraud, drugs abuse and trafficking or manufacturing of drugs or alcohol will not be granted a driving license to operate trucks or heavy machinery.

Saudi Analyst
Sunday, 5 June 2011
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia