A Saudi Arabian cleric has warned his fellow countrymen against lifting the country's ban on allowing women to drive, asserting that letting ladies take the wheel will lead to a complete extinction of virgins within 10 years. Because everyone knows that ladies will only use their newfound freedom to cars to drive…

Saudi Arabia's religious police have begun arresting women who are protesting against their country's ban on female driving by getting behind the wheel. But advocates of women's right to drive say the arrests won't stop them.

According to a survey, British kids feel safer when their moms are driving (as opposed to dads). The Daily Mail illustrates this with a Goofus & Gallant-style chart. Apparently "mother" likes to sing while she drives! [Daily Mail]

Reasons women gave the Times Freakonomics blog for letting men drive included: a pattern established by men picking up women for dates, and the difficulty of driving in heels. Now, onto the scraping question. [NYT]

Women spend 29% of their car time as passengers, while men spend only 14%. Asks NYT blogger Eric Morris, "is this state of affairs due to men's preferences, women's, or both? And should we care?" [NYT Freakonomics Blog]

Yesterday, police in Mecca, Saudi Arabia arrested a woman in her 20s for violating the country's ban on women driving. Police say she tried to flee when she realized she'd been spotted.