Police officers arrested a new driver in a Toyota Land Cruiser on Highway No. 1 who was using flashing lights and a prohibited announcement system / Israel Police
The list of citizens entitled to use a flashing blue light ("Chakalka"), given by the Ministry of Transportation, is one of the most coveted among the country's top officials. In addition to ministers, deputy ministers, the chairman of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, the chairman of the opposition, the heads of the Mossad, the Shin Bet and the National Security Headquarters, the Director General of the Ministry of Defense, the heads of the National Security Agency, the National Emergency Authority, the Security Headquarters are also entitled to it Leumi, the Knesset officer and the mayor of Jerusalem. There is also a list of other connected senior officials, who receive approval according to the ministry's considerations.
However, not every civilian vehicle that overtakes you in traffic from the curb while operating a flashlight is necessarily allowed to do so. In the enforcement activity of the national traffic police in the traffic department of the police 1, a Toyota Land Cruiser was observed overtaking the traffic through the shul while turning on flashing lights. A siren and equipped with an announcement system. The police detained the driver of the vehicle so it became clear that it was not a security vehicle nor a vehicle approved by the Ministry of Transportation to install these measures.
The activation key of the system seized in the Israel Police vehicle/barque, Israel Police
The driver of the vehicle was an 18-year-old new driver, a resident of the village of Ein Nakoba near Jerusalem. The police wrote him a report for driving in the middle of nowhere and in addition to a summons for the installation and operation of a flashing light, his vehicle was taken off the road until the system is removed.
The police remind that illegally installing a flashing light and/or public address system constitutes a traffic offense and the perpetrator will be summoned to trial in the traffic court, driving With these measures while overtaking other vehicles endangers road users.
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