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by Astraist
Mon Oct 12, 2015 6:09 am
Forum: Asia
Topic: Road Safety and Advanced Driving in Israel
Replies: 15
Views: 48190

Re: Road Safety and Advanced Driving in Israel

Contrary to what you might believe, Israelis are not too keen on shooting. ;) I gather most of us are trained to use an assault rifle, but very few have any sort of firearms at home. It really isn't that dangerous a place in everyday life, outside some border regions. Automotive collisions take up m...
by Astraist
Sun Oct 11, 2015 5:25 am
Forum: Asia
Topic: Road Safety and Advanced Driving in Israel
Replies: 15
Views: 48190

Re: Road Safety and Advanced Driving in Israel

Speed goes by the metric system. Towns - 50kph (~30mph). There are relativelly few special speed zones like 30kph (20mph) zones or road speeds higher than 50kph. Single Carriageway - 80kph (50mph), although typically raised to 90kph (56mph). It's usually 70kph (40mph) on winding B-roads. Dual carria...
by Astraist
Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:05 pm
Forum: Asia
Topic: Road Safety and Advanced Driving in Israel
Replies: 15
Views: 48190

Re: Road Safety and Advanced Driving in Israel

Nothing significant. I am very bad at naming things, so I simply used a variant of Astra, one of the first cars I had.

Over time I came to adopt many of the elements of advanced driving in it's British variant, so nowadays the difference isn't very big.
by Astraist
Fri Oct 09, 2015 10:22 am
Forum: Asia
Topic: Road Safety and Advanced Driving in Israel
Replies: 15
Views: 48190

Road Safety and Advanced Driving in Israel

Seem like the appropriate place to describe where I come from. It is continentally in Asia, although it is not what one might call as "Asian" state. The description that follows is about the State of Israel (which has Jewish and Arab citizens) but not for the Palestinian National Authority...

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