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eric5014 t1_j8fcs72 wrote

Reply to comment by draypresct in [OC] Road Death Rate VS Income per Capita by ismaelsow

Women have been allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia since 2018.

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draypresct t1_j8fjx69 wrote

Only 2% of Saudi Arabian women have driver’s licenses. So yes, technically you are correct, but I’m going to stand by my statement that they don’t let over half their population drive.

https://epod.cid.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/2021-12/AlNahda%20Blog_15Sep2021.pdf

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eric5014 t1_j8fm9hl wrote

Women are still travelling by having their fathers/husbands/etc or taxis (which in some cases adds to distance travelled, although there would be many more women who don't travel due to the difficulty).

I think counting registered vehicles is better than counting licensed drivers. Total distance driven is probably better again for comparing number of crashes. And passenger-distance better again for comparing number of road deaths.

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