Drivers

Chronological age, personal physicians should not decide when someone can't drive, study reveals

Drivers under age 25 are involved in about 20% of all fatal traffic accidents, even if they make up a smaller fraction of the driving population.

Traffic on Highway 2 near Netanya. Although the Transportation Ministry  has announced that the elderly are more likely to be injured or killed in road accidents, it doesn’t state whether they are pedestrians or drivers.
Illustration of a police car in Kiryat Gat.

Foreign soccer coach in top division questioned over alleged sexual harassment of taxi driver

A Magen David Adom mobile intensive care unit and paramedic, June 2, 2025; illustrative.

Red traffic light saves stroke victim's life in Rishon Lezion

Conservative design, not flashy.

Chery Tiggo 9 Plug-In, 7 seats: A strong family SUV


Road fatalities rise to 18 in a week with two deaths on Saturday

Rami Abu Alqian and Liron Barmi were killed in two separate incidents on Saturday in a particularly deadly week on Israel's roads.

 A 14-year-old pedestrian, Liron Barmi from shderot, who was fatally injured after being struck by a vehicle on Friday night in Petah Tikva

Jerusalem bus careens out of control: Mother, two daughters killed

The bus crashed into a bus stop on Jerusalem's Shamgar Street, hitting a number of pedestrians. At least three people were killed and several others injured.

 Police and rescue personnel at the scene of where a bus lost control and plowed into a store in central Jerusalem, killing at least two people. August 11, 2022.

In second car crash in 24 hours, three dead after collision in Kiryat Gat

The crash happened after a driver who had never had a driver's license flew over the lane divider and landed on another car.

 Scene of car crash on Highway 6, July 28, 2022

Israel's gas prices about to jump - drivers are less than amused

Commuters and cabbies are among those getting rocked by skyrocketing fuel costs.

 RAFFIC JAMS on Highway 4 near Givat Shmuel.

Israelis need to take road safety seriously - opinion

Many, many lives are lost on Israel’s roads each year and not enough is being done to prevent it. Instead, the state of the roads here is a source of much mirth.

  Israeli drivers and roads are notorious for being among the worst worldwide.

Waze maps 250 memorials for fallen soldiers and terror attack victims

Some of the memorials have never been mapped before, so now drivers should be able to find them more easily.

 The Yizkor symbol on Waze.

Ferrari's Russian test driver Shwartzman to use Israeli license

"Robert is born in Israel, he's got an Israeli passport," Binotto told reporters at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Italy's Imola circuit.

 Ferrari-Monaco

MAN teaches women how to drive 

MAN trucks Israel has initiated a project to train women to drive trucks (for FREE) and integrate them into the heavy vehicle industry.

First women to enroll in a truck driving course, Yogev Gavri, CEO of MAN Israel

The real rules of the road

The first rule of the horn is that when you find yourself at a red light and there is at least one car in front of you, place the palm of your hand on the horn and get ready to honk.

 TRAFFIC JAMS on the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv.

Israel's driver's education needs to change, and here's why

You know what would be useful? Give us a booklet, written in proper English, when we apply to transfer our foreign license to Israeli.

 Questions on the Driver Safety Program