Despite attempts to heighten public awareness about road safety, the number of fatal accidents on Israeli roads continues to increase.
Seven people were killed in road accidents throughout the country Monday, bringing the death toll so far this year to 480 – a 10 percent increase over the number of traffic deaths during all of 1993.
If fatalities among Israelis living in the territories are included, the death toll for the year so far rises to 600.
In a separate development, Police Minister Moshe Shahal told the Knesset’s Internal Affairs and Environment Committee this week that one care is stolen in Israel every 25 minutes.
The number of car thefts had risen from 12,000 in 1986 to 26,000 so far this year, Shahal said, adding that fewer than half of the cars reported stolen are ever recovered.
He said that number of the stolen cars were transported to the Gaza Strip, where they were dismantled in chop shops. The auto parts were then reconditioned, he added, and sold as new back in Israel.
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