(haipo) - The residents of Haifa have been experiencing for a long time the annoyance of the wild car races that take away sleep from their eyes and arouse their anxiety. From time to time there are spot enforcement operations by the authorities, but it is clear that this is not enough to eradicate the phenomenon.
"We will riot and you have no answer against us"
The residents of Haifa, especially those who live around Ben Gurion Street, Hanasi Blvd., Yaffe Nof, Freud and the Hagana, are well aware of the phenomenon of wild and noisy driving which they regularly experience at night, and which is carried out by a group of rioters who declare with deafening noise: "We will riot, And you have no answer against us."
This is a battle of control, which produces fear and panic on the one hand - and on the other hand helplessness, weakness and acquiescence in the Israeli police and Haifa municipality turning a blind eye to crazy road races that lead to the suffering of the residents and the lawlessness of the citizens.
what can be done?
- To act with a determined hand and to the fullest extent of the law against the violators, when combined forces of the police and the municipal inspection ambush drivers on the known routes.
- Placing "smart city" cameras that record the wild driving, arriving at the drivers' homes and filing aggravated charges of dangerously driving on a public road under aggravated circumstances - a lengthy prison sentence.
- Mechanical treatment of the vehicles: the aforementioned vehicles undergo a special renovation, special accessories are installed in them. Each such vehicle "receives" special treatment and its owner specific indictments.
- Prominence and permanent presence of inspectors and municipal police.
- The municipality of Haifa and the Israel Police must overcome childish disputes for the benefit of the residents. The distortion that exists today that eliminates integrated policing is another layer in harming personal security.
- Symptoms must be dealt with over time, not in a one-day operation. Resources and especially attention must be allocated, since the phenomenon of dangerous, wild and noisy driving creates fear and loss of trust, no less than violent crime and perhaps even more, since the solution is simple and the main thing is decisions and priorities.
- Let's hope for quiet and safe days with simple actions.
Jacob Borovsky He is a retired police superintendent, a former member of the Haifa City Council, served as a senior advisor in the State Comptroller's Office and is a candidate for mayor of Haifa.
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Democracy in its definition is: "the exercise of violent and lethal force if necessary within given limits"
That's the problem!!!
Long prison terms (minimum sentences), arresting traffic offenders who are all from the Arab sector and doing it as a nationalist act and treating Eliyahin as a ticking time bomb and more.
Only a heavy hand will curb the phenomenon.
Talking does not help when you are faced with a society where 20% or more are physically violent and another large majority is religious and has characteristics of hatred and alienation from the country in which he lives