Protesting motorcyclists block Tel Aviv freeway
100 riders demonstrate against high insurance prices
A procession of motorcycles drive on the Ayalon Freeway at the entrance to Tel Aviv protesting an increase in insurance fees in November 2009 (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
A hundred motorcyclists blocked Tel Aviv’s Ayalon freeway Sunday morning, protesting high insurance prices.
The motorcyclists drove south from Herzliya en masse, disrupting traffic on the major traffic artery.
Protesters held up posters reading: “I am not a criminal,” and “Your roads are clear thanks to me.”
Similar protests erupted four years ago, when the government sought to raise insurance prices for motorcycles and scooters.
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