"The Saudi Driving School at Princess Nourah University in Riyadh has seen over 90,000 Saudi women register, and the school has allocated spaces for people with special needs. Salwa Al-Zahrani, the training manager at the Saudi Driving School, told Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper that the female instructors work Two sessions, morning and evening, to accommodate the large number of registered participants and to ensure training times are convenient for all female employees and students.



She explained that driving training has created job opportunities for many women, noting that she herself held a Bahraini driving license and was trained to become an instructor, enabling her to secure employment.
She pointed out that The training of female instructors differs from regular training in that it involves more hours and different skills. Regular training is divided into eight hours of theory covering car parts, traffic signs, and the basics of safe driving, followed by a theory test. Then, the trainee begins a two-hour simulator session. This simulator is designed to simulate real-life driving scenarios on various roads and in different cars. Al-Zahrani explained that through the simulator, the trainee learns how to avoid cars, how to interact with traffic signals and pedestrians, and then experiences the benefits of seatbelts through a practical scenario involving a car rollover. Regarding practical training, she explained that it involves training on real streets, learning how to park in designated parking spaces, and the correct rules for making turns. After completing the practical hours, the driving test is conducted within the school, and the license is issued by the traffic department located inside the school. Al-Zahrani emphasized that her father and husband encouraged her to work and train girls, affirming that she feels she is fulfilling a mission for the girls of her country and is happy whenever one of them succeeds. The fact that female students passed the driving test and obtained their driver's licenses supports women's empowerment in the Kingdom. "