Drivers

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

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.

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

A 2-year-old was forgotten in a kindergarten transport that was installed with a system to prevent such an incident - the driver was notified and didn't look into it.

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I thought I was driving on Israel's highways to work when I realized I had accidentally put in Ashkelon instead of Jerusalem. After freaking out, the only thing to was laugh.

The system detects the following situations: fatigue, including closing of the eyes; in-car distractions; usage of a mobile phone; smoking; yawning by the driver.

The system consists of a dedicated app and a cushion placed on the child’s seat, which are connected to Bluetooth. When the child is seated on the cushion, the system is activated.

Security restrictions prohibit unsupervised civilian traffic along the scenic 182-km.-long narrow road, but the vistas looking out beyond the border fence into Sinai are mesmerizing.

Last month, Israel Police finally selected a test to administer to drivers to measure THC levels after a years-long tender – but the study essentially nullifies its main purpose.