In case you’ve been living with your head in the sand for the last week, you will have heard that a Royal Decree was issued in Saudi Arabia allowing females to drive by next year. 

Not it’s been revealed that females can apply for a licence at the age of 18. This is the same age as men have to be in order to drive. 

“Eighteen years is the age at which a person can obtain a driver’s license and drive a car in the kingdom.”

Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour al-Turki told al-Arabiya TV ​

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There was positive reaction and some negative to the news on social media this week