Article: NOT MUCH TO FEAR

Ronald Kronish
Jerusalem Post
08-27-1996
Sir, - In The Jerusalem Post of August 14, Internal Security Minister Avigdor Kahalani is quoted as saying that "Our main problem is the Israeli driver ... to my sorrow, he doesn't fear the police or anyone else." The reason for this is that there is not much to fear.

The Israeli driver has learned that he can speed at 120 km. per hour or more from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv and will virtually never be stopped by a police car. He has learned that there is virtually no enforcement of the law when it comes to tailgaiting, speeding, passing dangerously, etc. I ...

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