tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617928947666600731.post3930285680428264035..comments2023-08-01T13:30:14.742+03:00Comments on Israel: Like this, as if: A nice place to visit, but we wouldn't want to live thereJoseph M. Hochsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10601641230553111283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617928947666600731.post-71733049219103112582007-11-10T09:40:00.000+02:002007-11-10T09:40:00.000+02:00Galileah:I'm not so sure that adding roads' accide...Galileah:<BR/>I'm not so sure that adding roads' accidents victims to the list will change the fact that Israel is safer place than the US and most of the world.<BR/>http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/nhtsa_static_file_downloader.jsp?file=/staticfiles/DOT/NHTSA/NCSA/Content/PDF/810837.pdfAbe Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15744009755391614552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617928947666600731.post-64920297471585955272007-01-19T17:30:00.000+02:002007-01-19T17:30:00.000+02:00Yes. I do not remember any calls that were actuall...Yes. I do not remember any calls that were actually during SCUD alerts in 1991. Probably the lines were too jammed to get through. It is a bit hard to talk on the phone through a gas mask. <br /><br />Our traffic fatality rate is getting better - I suspect it is not as bad as some European countries by now. Still not good enough, is it? <br />Ami IsseroffNews Servicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02033603414923093624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617928947666600731.post-56484053763202736172007-01-19T15:31:00.000+02:002007-01-19T15:31:00.000+02:00Substitute "L.A." for "Detroit" (and daughters for...Substitute "L.A." for "Detroit" (and daughters for sons), and you've described two decades of intermittent exchanges I've had with family and friends back in the USA. <br />This past July, though, I had to keep my phone calls brief. The pretext of keeping the lines clear was true enough, but also to minimize the likelihood that our end of the line would pick up the ambient sounds of incoming (rocket) and outgoing (artillery) fire. Hardly a convincing audio track when transmitting a message of reassurance and equanimity. <br />Otherwise, while I appreciate that Israel compares favorably in crime rates, that's cold comfort so long as -- is it still true? -- more Israelis are killed or maimed on the roads here than in all the wars since the State was founded.Galileahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07629978236535443925noreply@blogger.com