Saudi wife arrested after going for an illegal drive
A woman has been arrested for breaking Saudi Arabia's ban on female drivers.She was stopped by a police patrol after driving six miles to collect her husband near their home in the town of Buraida.
As her 'legal guardian' he had to sign a declaration that he would not let his wife drive again.
Saudi women look under the bonnet of a new car at a showroom in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where women sell cars to female buyers. Although women are banned from driving in Saudi Arabia, they can own cars
It is not yet known if she has been released or if she faces legal action.
Saudi Arabia is the only country that forbids women from driving.
The ban is based on religious rulings from clerics who say it is un-Islamic.
Civil rights activists in the country have begun lobbying the government to lift the ban.