its position. so numerous women have already taken to the streets and posted videos of themselves driving. supporters. reporter: some receiving signs of support from men in their cars. in 2011, a woman was jailed more than a week after doing the same. she s as determined now as she was then. to me, i wouldn t stop until the first driver s license is issued. reporter: manal lives in united arab emirates now, but insists things back home are getting better. everyone changed the plates. take this car driving myself back home to saudi arabia. reporter: it would be a fitting end to a long journey, but one that will have to wait awhile longer. this road trip isn t over just yet. it is the end of the day, almost 7:00 p.m., no reports of
and i think this will encourage women to take action, to take lead in their life. reporter: now, women to drive is gathering signatures for a letter to saudi s king abdullah informing him that, as of uniuni1june 17th, women will be in the driver s seat. want to bring in cnn s atika shubert who is in london. atika, first of all, it was an excellent report that you did. we are now learning information that the woman you featured in that report has been arrested in saudi arabia? what do we know about that? that s right. in fact just a few days after that report aired, manal took to the streets and she started driving on her own and she videotaped it and she was actually with her brother, her male guardian, in the car when police stopped her and arrested her and then they held her for a few hours and then at about 2:00 in the morning the police showed up at her home again and she is still in detention. there have not been any charges brought against her. she s in there for an indefin