A traffic offender was caught 25 times using a cell phone while driving and asked to be tried.
He received a total of four months of disqualification and a fine of only NIS 4,000, with a fine of NIS 1,000 for one such offense.
Later, the traffic offender was caught for the 26th time using a cell phone while driving.
This is a 'choice of fine' traffic offense that anyone who decides to take responsibility will pay a NIS 1,000 fine (and will accumulate 8 points from the Ministry of Transportation), as well as a conviction for having a transfer, but again asked to be tried.
At first he did not admit to the offense, but later admitted, and through his defense attorney tried to reach a settlement with the Israel Police Traffic Claims Unit, but this did not succeed.
He then sought to withdraw his confession and a court dismissed the application.
Judge Maggie
Cohen noted in the sentence: "As for the circumstances of the said offense, these are serious circumstances, a defendant driving a truck in the afternoon when there is generally more traffic on the roads.
The defendant systematically uses the telephone, his first offense for using the telephone from 1998 and the last conviction for using the telephone from 2019.
The court rejected another request for a trial, Photo: Dudu Greenspan
"I will note that the fine for the offense did not deter him from committing the same offense again, the defendant has two more similar convictions for the offense of not holding a rudder in both hands. On the road. "
Advocate Nashed Kadri of the Traffic Claims Unit noted: "This is an important and dissuasive sentence. I am glad that the court took into account the police's arguments for punishment and ruled that it is necessary to keep such a dangerous driver off the road."
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