Traffic accidents
Operation Roaring Lion obscures Israel’s worsening traffic toll, road safety statistics
Excluding March, when Israelis were largely at home due to the war, 157 people were killed this year compared with 147 in the same period last year, an increase of nearly 7%.
'A national issue': Police to launch nationwide crackdown on dangerous drivers, road violations
Electric scooter accidents, fatalities on the rise due to lack of enforcement
Police officer arrives at crash scene in southern Israel, discovers son was killed
What's shorter than a nano second? Answer - the Israeli drivers fuse at a traffic light!
Google's Waze to start carpooling pilot program in Israel
The new application, called RideWith, uses Waze's navigation system to learn the routes drivers most frequently take to work and match them up with people looking for a ride in the same direction.
Ministers approve bill fining traffic violators on electric bikes
Traffic violations will carry an NIS 300 fine.
Driving with ‘wrong’ type of music can be dangerous, says BGU psychologist
"The car is the only place in the world you can die just because you’re listening to the wrong kind of music.”
Security cameras catch fatal Negev crash
The traffic occurred when a passenger bus, which was empty went through a light and collided with a Jeep at the intersection.
Traffic-related fatalities on rise for second year in a row
Over the last 12 months alone, 345 people – including 129 pedestrians – have died in car accidents on Israeli roads.
Grandmother of seven hit by bus; brain dead, her kidneys and liver taken for transplant
Deceased's wish to donate organs fulfilled by family; survived by seven grandchildren, with two more on the way.
Drunk driver kills father and daughter in head-on crash near Arad
In a second fatal traffic incident over the weekend, a pedestrian in his 20s was killed in Beit Shemesh, Rosenfeld said. An investigation of this event is also taking place, he added.
Center field: My 17-year-old just starting driving – YIKES!
On the parental worrywart scale, I think I usually score in the “mellow yellow” range. Still, last week, I entered the “white knuckle” zone.
Olim to face less bureaucracy when converting foreign drivers’ licenses
Knesset receives confirmation that Transportation Ministry has officially approved new regulations in first week of May.
