DAMMAM, 7 March 2004 — A 60 year-old Saudi woman was compelled to pay a traffic violation for driving without license, Al-Watan reported. She had to pay the fine in order to renew her passport. The authorities refused to renew her passport until the fine had been paid. Her husband finally decided to pay the SR100 fine because he saw no reason to waste time going back and forth between the traffic department and the passport office.
