Short skirts cause road accidents? Chauvinistic ban called an 'attack on women'

The blame on a woman's dress code is "clumsy reasoning" and sexist said women's rights activist Mugwanya. Photo: HIVA SHARIFI/Unsplash

A traders association in northern Uganda has banned women from riding up front in trucks after deciding that short skirts and bare thighs could be distracting drivers and causing accidents.

The order handed down in Lira city prohibits drivers from permitting "even their wives" in the front cabin of lorries.