Unspecified threats of punishment made, although there's no official law on the books.
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world where women are barred from driving......
CBC News
October 26, 2013
Authorities in Saudi Arabia have stepped up a warning to women not to defy a ban on female drivers by taking part in a mass driving protest on Saturday.
The country's interior minister has toughened the Saudi government line on the women drivers' campaign, saying anyone breaking the law is likely to face unspecified punishment.
Badawi Al Rasheed, a Saudi academic and expert on women's rights doesn't think many women will flout the ban, because of worries of their safety.
"We have heard there are counter campaigns to actually drive the women away from the streets, either by harming them or by crashing their cars," she said.
However, a Saudi woman said she got behind the wheel Saturday and drove to the grocery store without being stopped or harassed by police.
Despite warnings by police and ultraconservatives in the kingdom against defying the ban, at least 60 women have successfully driven.
Saudi professor and campaigner Aziza Youssef said his group had received 13 videos and another 50 phone messages from women showing or claiming they had driven. She said they have no way to verify the messages.
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