Statistics are revealing and here is the proof why

For those that live here, even for those that don't realise the Israeli driving culture is unique. Unique is an understatement, it is more likely described as a culutral difference or a Middle east mentality, related to stress and concern over terror, built in with the fact roads and signage are not well organised. Whatever the reason, the statistics are shocking just a quick review from the Israeli police website showed me that (and you will be happy to note a drop) from 1998 52,000 people were wounded in a year in car accidents compared to "only" 36,241 last year. While the number of accidents in 1998 was a whopping 26308 in a year, last year it was 17,499. I am not going to gore you with the death count buts lets just add that you have more chance of dying on the roads than in any terror/war related events in this country. In summary, to proof my point and the problem, I eye-witnessed and took this picture (from a passenger seat) of a happy driver on the highway. (Yes, we use left hand drive cars in this country.