The Saudi police have fined a man for allowing wife to drive in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Quoting al-Sharq daily, Saudi Gazette reported on Saturday.
The report said: “The al-Qatif Governorate Traffic Department fined a 28-year-old Saudi national $239 (900 Saudi riyals) and impounded his vehicle for seven days, as he allowed his wife to drive his car.”
The security patrols caught the woman driving the vehicle in al-Shubaili district at al-Nassirah Corniche in al-Qatif on Thursday evening.
Informed sources said that the woman, aged 23, was also penalised for driving her husband’s 2004 model Honda Accord, silver in color.
A traffic violation was registered against the woman for driving without a license.
The husband and wife had to sign an undertaking that they would not repeat the offense. Later, they were released on bail.
