of those women who drive is almost vanishingly small.'. The only people it will affect are those displaying driving practices that warrant being pulled over by the police -- a number even less than 'vanishingly small'. No one is being targeted, it will have little effect on the population as a whole, but it is good to have it there if needed. If you must have a rage against the machine, find something of significance to rant about. Marc B : AdamC : 06 Jul 2011 5:14:34pm This article is rambling and shallow, without an obvious contention - except a rather paranoid conviction that intolerant xenophobes are all around us. Has the author considered that perhaps the reason this issue is uniting 'unlikely allies' is because there are good reasons to discourage the wearing of hideous, alienating garments like the niqab and burqa? Patrich : Morgan Stephens : 06 Jul 2011 10:43:30pm Agreed, Patrich. This is the second article I have seen from Mr Sparrow and both have been virtually nonsensical in form as well as content with disjointed construction, unsubstantiated assertions, meaningless anecdotes and sarcasm masquerading as argument. I can't imagine the rubbish which he must select for publication in his magazine. Lindy Warrell : 06 Jul 2011 5:06:20pm I am so pleased to see this article. The hatred that is so obvious in all this carry-on about burkas frightens me. What is it about Australians that they can't bear not to be able to see someone else's face.