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7 killed in train crash in south
Tova Dadon
Published: 06.08.10, 07:49
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1. this is sad
cfs ,   fr and dz   (08.05.10)
RIP.
2. what is wrong with israeli drivers??
JL   (08.05.10)
day after day...i drive for a living...u r the worst MF'ing drivers ive ever see anywhere in the world...piggish..ungiving...have to be first...sickening
3. Horrific...you cant beat a train..it rolls over you
Al   (08.05.10)
4. My son who lived with me in Montreal
Al   (08.05.10)
couldnt pass the Quebec driving exam for the life of him.He failed 5 times The testers were able to tell in a nanosecond that he was incapable to actively and confidently control a motor vehicle. Fast forward......My son went to Israel and 'passed' the Israeli driving course exam on his first time out. Sort of tells you just how poor your drivers are.
5. The real reason for the crash
Howard   (08.05.10)
will be obvious when we learn the name of the minibus driver. Same thing happens again and again. It will be filed as an "accident", as many others.
6. To Howard #5
Lila ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (08.05.10)
Yeah - my friend's brother and nephew were killed in an "accident" like that. The terrorists try every way they can to kill Jews.
7. Drivers of 'chareidi' mini-buses
Daniel Breslauer ,   Jerusalem   (08.05.10)
Probably it was one of the hundreds of minibuses that are used as school buses during the school year, and used for trips during 'bein hazmanim' (the vacation). The drivers of those vans (usually not chareidim themselves) tend to be the craziest most sick people on the roads. Once, I beat in the window of one of those minibuses when the driver almost killed me at a pedestrian crossing (I happened to have a strong object in my hand, and intuitively tried to protect myself). The driver almost killed me in return. #2, JL, you're completely right. If anything, this is one of the main reasons why I would want to leave Israel. I'm still here, for the time being, but it's becoming difficult.
8. ARE ANY OF YOU SURPRISED??
MR CYNIC ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (08.05.10)
9. Dangerous and incompetant drivers
Israeli grandma   (08.05.10)
come in all shapes and sizes and ethnic and cultural groups. Some are drunk, drugged or just plain incompetant. What a tragedy!
10. I AM NOBODYS' FRIER (SUCKER)
MOTI THE DRIVER ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (08.05.10)
Ma ,ani frier ? I wait for nobody and nozing ehhhhh .At a barrier / Level crossing ,the train waits FOR ME . I am a busy man and have no time so don't bother me nu? I am not a frier (better to be dead than red ,as in red light) ehhhh
11. Arab Driver?
Ron ,   OC, CA   (08.05.10)
Should be tried for murder-even if not an Arab driver
12. YNET where are the talkbacks?
Jake   (08.05.10)
13. The criminal driving habits
Sagi   (08.05.10)
of the average Israeli driver are a symptom of our sick society. I have a driving license for exactly 53 years and believe me I have driven millions of miles in many many countries. Nowhere on earth is there such a creature as the Israeli driver. Arrogant and hateful, aggressive law flouting with zero respect for pedestrians or fellow motorists. There is absolutely no excuse for any motorist to be on a railway crossing, none whatsoever. I have never had an accident in my life simply because I respect the law and respect others. I have given up my license a few months ago and will never drive in Israel again. I have a European license which will serve me when I am abroad and have the chance to drive among normal people.
14. Bus-train collision kills 7
Ezra ,   Florida   (08.05.10)
There is absolutely no excuse for any driver in the world to try and "beat" the on coming train. The DRIVER ALWAYS LOSES TOGETHER WITH HIS PASSENGERS. As far as I am concerned it is 7 counts of murder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Does someone remember the 24 school kid from Petah Tikva whose driver murdered them about 30 years ago, using the on coming train as murder weapon? Let's put cameras all over any train crossing and jail for a long time any driver who crosses the barriers in order to beat the trains. Let it be known that the "prize" the driver gets as aresultsof him beating the train is a long jail term.
15. CAUSE AND EFFECT
LAWRENCE RAP ARTISTE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (08.06.10)
Rockets in Eilat ,soldiers shot on lebanon border ,seven dead in bus / train crash .Keep provoking the Almighty with your gay carnivals and your beating of religious jews.
16. sorry to all, the legislator is to be blamed
aviG   (08.06.10)
even if the driver was out of his senses. A bus company cannot chose the shape or the color of the tickets it handles to the passengers without transport ministry approval, but the basic regulatings are 1.not inforced & 2.a big mess &3.made for UFO driving, not for normal cars. About this tragedy, there will be 20 inquiries for 20 years with 200 reports edited but there still will be the same flaws for ever in the road management. Worse than USSR, worse than China. I just wonder how there are no more victims year round, that's a miracle indeed.
17. accident
sas ,   israel   (08.06.10)
the driver of the van should be put behind bars forever. it is so typical israeli - they take red lights/stop signs, yield signs, train barriers as a suggestion but it does not mean that they have to stop. I feel for the family of the dead. the driver of the van should feel this way until he dies.
18. #2
sad ,   isael   (08.06.10)
israeli drivers think they are the best and that nothing can happen to them.. Until we give severe punishement and take cars off the road - accidents like this will happen. I have no doubt that the driver of the van was at fault. And I hope he sits behind bars for YEARS. Let him rot there.
19. Acccident on railroad tracks
dbanai ,   Beersheva, Israel   (08.06.10)
The only way to prevent such an accident it to build railroad crossing barriers that will stop a moving vehicle. Israeli drivers can't be trusted to stop when confronted with lowered gates, ringing bells and flashing lights.
20. The blame is squarely
Sagi   (08.06.10)
on the shoulders of the driver. In a country that periodically, every few months, has a train/car accident, only the drivers can be blamed, not train drivers or line operators. It is the sheer arrogance and belligerence of the Israeli driver. Lack of enforcement, all round traffic enforcement, is a contributor, but not a prime cause.
21. It's the same in other countries
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (08.06.10)
Where i lived there were also many of such accidents , and this without ANY Israeli driver involved . The solution they found is to build tunnels under the rail tracks . Expensive , yes . But lives are worth more .
22. 15 , the Hypocrite rapper barks !
Charles ,   Petyach Tikva   (08.06.10)
He taslks about the "almighty" but does NOT observe his rules .
23. #15 - News Flash!!!!!!
Dorothy Friend ,   Tel Aviv   (08.06.10)
The people killed in the crash were observant Jews. How do you explain that one? By the way, I think it is somewhat misleading to say the train crashed into the car. Makes it look like the engineer's fault. How about the car drove into the path of the train for a little more accuracy?
24. Passing on the red light
Yaara ,   Israel   (08.06.10)
Today on the way from Elyakim to Haifa and back I saw at least three drivers who passed on the red light. This speaks for itself. There should be cameras on every trafic lights as it is in England. Jumping the red light cost driver points on his driving licence and few offences like that costs them driving licence for 6 months. This would teach the drivers in Israel because loosing licence in country where public transport is so bad is really not fun.
25. # 23 Dorothy
Sagi   (08.06.10)
You want accuracy. How about the driver is a bloody idiot.
26. #22 TO MR. KNOW-IT-ALL
LAWRENCE RAP ARTISTE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (08.06.10)
How do you know which rules I observe or don't observe ?? ( NOWHERE is it written that you cannot use the computer on shabbat so don't try to be clever with me 'cause you aint got the brains for it buddy ) TATA
27. #23 NEWSFLASH
LAWRENCE RAP ARTISTE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (08.06.10)
I explain that one very very easily. Good people suffer ,or have you never known that ?
28.  "THE BLAME IS SQUARELY"
LAWRENCE RAP ARTISTE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (08.06.10)
Reminds me of the plane crash in spain in which a car driver illegally drove on to an airport runway and collided with an airplane .The inquiry concluded thus ; THE BLAME IS SPAIN IS SQUARELY ON THE PLANE.
29. #23 ELEMENTARY MY DEAR WATSON
LAWRENCE RAP ARTISTE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (08.06.10)
Or Dorothy . Bad things happen to good people.Did your mama never tell you that ??? Shabbat Shalom.
30. #25 ---Ooooooooooooooh you said "bloody"!!!!
Dorothy Friend ,   Tel Aviv   (08.06.10)
YOu bad, bad boy!!!! Using an expression with Christian origins!!!
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