Bloody conflict

Israel has many centers and ceremonies dedicated to the memory of those who fought and died in the campaigns for our survival. However, we are in a bloody and continuing conflict for which there is no Memorial Day, no centers and no ceremonies at all: the carnage on our roads!

This carnage has claimed thousands more dead and maimed than all of our wars combined. Moreover, the pain is even worse, knowing that these deaths are for no national good or the price for our survival. They are meaningless statistics, but the cost in families destroyed, children left fatherless and adults unable to work or provide for their families – not to mention the concomitant economic losses – is incalculable.

A recent European report shows how badly we are losing the one battle we could certainly win if only police patrols, roadside cameras and other available measures were more than the current fraction of the numbers promised. More drastic punishment of the tiny percentage of scofflaws who are actually caught and tried would also help. AMIEL SCHOTZ Meitar