Lawlessness, chaos, failure and despair: the face of the state in dealing with the power tools

A week and a half ago, the state celebrated Independence Day, but let's start by giving road users a sense of security.

New poll by Green Light reveals: Only 9% of the public think that enforcement against bicycles and electric scooters is effective

Keenan Cohen

15/05/2022

Sunday, 15 May 2022, 18:40 Updated: 18:51

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The dam is breached, control is lost and deterrence tends to zero.

The entry of the tiny electric vehicles that began in the late decade of the 2000s was accompanied by the state’s disregard for its consequences, and it seems like the hour of the horses has long since escaped the stable.

From vehicles that might have been a boon to alleviate the traffic congestion in the big cities they have become a bad hit.

There seems to be no road user in the vehicle or on foot who has not encountered cases of wild riding, whether it is one done on the sidewalk or on the road, ignoring a red light, the direction of travel and what not.

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Do not put a stop to the police (Photo: Keinan Cohen, Reuven Sabiu)

And these feelings have a numerical verification that emerges from a survey by the Brain Pool Institute for the Green Light Association.

The results of the survey show that only 9% of the public think that police enforcement against cyclists and electric scooters is effective, in the municipal supervision system the level of trust is slightly lower with only 8%.

In light of these data, it is also not surprising to find that 49% of survey participants said that most cyclists they saw in the past year did not usually wear a helmet, and only 13% responded that the majority wore a helmet.

23% of respondents also indicated that they or someone close to them was involved or almost involved in an accident with one of these tools.

Half of them (49%) expressed concern about being involved in such an accident.

49 percent did not see a cyclist or scooter with a helmet (Photo: Keinan Cohen, Reuven Sabiu)

"The survey shows that the riding public beeps about traffic laws and that there is no deterrence on the part of the police or municipal inspectors. The public sees and feels the chaos and is afraid to walk on the street. "They say in a green light and point the finger at the Ministry of Transportation." And police to city streets in order to increase police visibility and deterrence.At the same time, the enforcement powers of municipal inspectors should be expanded to assist the police.Only the combination of the arms of all the factors will lead to a reduction in the high number of casualties and deaths in bicycle accidents and electric scooters and will restore the sense of personal security to the citizens. "

Pedestrians are also confiscated from the pedestrian crossing (Photo: Keinan Cohen, Reuven Sabiu)

And it is not just the green light that finds the Ministry of Transport responsible for this situation, again, the results of the survey found that 53 percent of participants gave a failing grade to the ministry with an average of 4.1 (out of 10) in answer to how they rate the ministry's fight against road accidents.

The claim of green light, according to the ministry focuses on information and this way was not found to be effective is also the one expressed by the survey participants, only 5% of them think the solution is increased information, compared to 22% who see increased enforcement, 23% more severe punishment and a 42% majority in solution The experts recommend it - improving infrastructure and paving dedicated riding trails.

Nowadays, belatedly, but never too late, there are a number of bills in the legislative process that aim to increase the enforcement powers of municipal inspectors and the obligation to mark these tools, which will make it easier to identify the owner of the tool in the event of an accident.

The latter was submitted by MK Yaakov Asher, MK Yitzhak Pindros and MK Moshe Gafni and has the support of 42% of respondents who believe that it will greatly help reduce accidents. When

asked whether the state should encourage the use of these tools, 35% answered in the affirmative, 40 % Negative and the rest (25%) that do not know.

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