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Thomas Poretsky shown in front of his Bandolero car. (Lonny Goldsmith/TC Jewfolk via JTA)
July 30, 2023, 4:17 am
Meet Thomas Poretsky, 10-year-old Native American-Jewish racer
Proudly displaying Israeli and Quechan Nation flags on his scaled-down stock car, the young but disciplined driver is proving that slow and steady can indeed win the race
By Lonny Goldsmith and jacob gurvis
Moshe Hajbi. (Curtesy)
February 17, 2022, 1:07 pm
Man collapses, dies during driving test in southern Israel; tester tried to save him
Examiner says he administered CPR to 59-year-old while they waited for ambulance: ‘I did everything I could, but unfortunately I couldn’t save him’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A motorbike rider. (Nati Shohat/ Flash90)
January 15, 2018, 10:50 pm
Driving student gets ticket for running stop sign during test
Policeman gives teen NIS 250 fine for failing to halt, despite instructor’s attempts to talk him out of it
By ToI Staff
Hadas Tayeb
January 5, 2018, 4:21 pm
Hadas Tayeb
On not having a driver’s license in Israel
For starters, don’t tell me about your cousin who failed the test 12 times
A stressed man driving a car. (SIphotography/iStock/Getty Images)
November 19, 2017, 11:40 am
Driving tests to become computerized in six months — report
Tablets, cameras and text messages will replace paperwork under Transportation Ministry plan to cut waiting times
By Sue Surkes
A scene from the video for "Saudi Girls Will Drive" by Saudi Arabian band "Most of Us." (Screen capture: YouTube)
October 26, 2017, 6:30 am
Saudi band releases ‘Born To Be Wild’ cover celebrating women’s driving decree
In a Middle Eastern take on Steppenwolf’s classic, Jedda-based ‘One of Us’ revs up a viral hit with ‘Saudi girls will drive’
By ToI Staff
A Saudi woman walks past a car outside a hotel in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on September 28, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / FAYEZ NURELDINE)
October 1, 2017, 12:32 pm
Saudi university to open women’s driving school
Princess Nourah University becomes first to announce course after regime’s decision to allow women to drive
By AFP
In this file photo from March 29, 2014, a woman drives a car in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of a campaign to defy the country's ban on women driving. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)
September 26, 2017, 10:43 pm
Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive for first time
State media announces royal order introducing change, bringing to end world’s sole ban on female drivers
By Anuj Chopra
The blue vehicle attempts to pass the white truck by merging into the oncoming traffic lane, nearly colliding with the approaching vehicle on Route 60 in the West Bank. (Courtesy: Avraham Binyamin)
August 17, 2017, 6:55 am
In the wild West Bank, traffic laws are mere recommendations
With car crash fatalities beyond the Green Line soaring, Palestinians and Israelis set out to change the driving culture and save lives
By Jacob Magid
A still image taken from a cell phone video shows a truck driving bashing into parked cars on a narrow street in Tel Aviv on January 26, 2017 (screen capture: YouTube)
January 26, 2017, 4:10 pm
Truck driver smashes dozens of cars in Tel Aviv
After fleeing scene, man turns himself in to police
By ToI Staff
A Saudi Arabian woman drives a car as part of a campaign to defy Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving, June 17, 2011 (AP Photo)
November 30, 2016, 9:13 pm
Let women behind the wheel, urges Saudi prince
In unusual stance, Alwaleed bin Talal says ban undermines individual rights and holds back economic growth
By IAN TIMBERLAKE
Lawrence Feldman
July 10, 2016, 1:44 pm
Lawrence Feldman
The trauma of the Annual Car Inspection
What it takes to get an Israeli vehicle inspected, detected, fuel-Injected, and unselected without losing your cool
Illustrative photo of a steering wheel (Pixabay)
March 2, 2016, 11:54 am
Bloody Qalandiya clash underscores danger of relying on Waze
Many drivers like to turn on the navigation app and turn off their minds, but experts say misplaced trust in technology comes at a price
By Simona Weinglass
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