Immoral Detour

The van drivers in Israel take children to school without seeing that they are wearing safety belts. The melavot who take special needs chidlren to school don't put safety belts on them. Israelis have no sense of safety and these drivers are criminals. Trying getting the police involved. I am fighting a big battle agaist them. I am not surprised about the immoral detour. Israelis have a very bad road safety record.

I believe my fellow Jews, at the point each one of them saw the man in the road, picked up their cell phones and urgently dialed for help. Not being a doctor and being afraid to park in the middle of traffic, each said a silent prayer as they passed. Then later they went home and agonized about if anything could've been done differently. Call me naive, but isn't this truly how we are supposed to think??

It's important to drive defensively and smart by being mindful of other motorists out there. Automobiles, among other things, are highly complex, maneauvering pieces of machinery. Anything could happen any second while driving, so the least one could do is be a safe driver one his/her own. And, when police cruisers pull over citizens for any incidental driving, it is important to pay off the traffic ticket or show up to traffic court, as "there is no stopping city hall", which is a system that has been around long before the Internet (telecommuting to work can be helpful to avoid traffic and driving nightmares). All in all, it is best to drive smart, defensively, and tactfully.

With all due respect, I think the main message is how low Israeli society has sunk to. Unfortunately, Jewish values have not been taught sufficiently. Anyone who learns the Torah knows of the prohibition of standing idly by the blood of one's neighbor,(Leviticus 19:16) which means not coming to their help. I saw the video and the cars were going slow. People could have stopped to lend a hand. There was even a point where no cars were moving when the lights changed, but still no one lifted a finger. What a chillul Hashem (desecration of G-d's Name)this is. We are supposed to be a "light unto the nations" but with behavior such as this, those Israelis (read: Jews) have tarnished our reputation for being merciful and full of chesed (kindness). This is defintely a wake-up call to Jews to get back to Torah.

you/me could be next
needing help
and no one stopping to help
how sad
how sick

My husband has the same compaint, especially in Brooklyn-drivers don't have derech eretz (common courtesy).