Israel Police has launched an operation focusing on monitoring the driving habits of bus drivers towards ensuring the safety of Israelis using the nation’s public transportation.
In the accompanying video released by police, one can see a bus driver busying himself with making a phone call while operating a bus despite the fact he is required to do so with both hands on the steering wheel. At least nine bus drivers were apprehended using their phones while operating a bus.
בימים האחרונים ביצעו שוטרי אגף התנועה אכיפה סמויה בערים, נגד נהגי אוטובוסים המבצעים עבירות תנועה מסכנות חיים, במטרה לשמור על בטחון הנוסעים. השוטרים תיעדו עבירות שונות, בהן שימוש בטלפון נייד בזמן נהיגה, כניסה לצומת לא פנוי, נהיגה בחוסר זהירות, אי-מתן זכות קדימה להולכי רגל ועוד pic.twitter.com/UWe8HJgSjP
— משטרת ישראל (@IL_police) November 14, 2018
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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What about having a hundred children on a packed bus at 8 in the morning?
everyone in Israel knows that the Egged bus drivers are above the law. They own the streets and can do as they wish. After them come the cab drivers who inherit ownership of the roads. Then after them come the police.
Pedestrians are careful to stay 10 meters from any street for fear of being caught in the deadly fumes of passing buses and cabs….