A class action suit has been filed in the Tel Aviv District Court against the legitimacy of Egged mehadrin [separate seating] bus lines. The suit filed against Egged maintains the passengers on such buses enjoy preferential treatment, the daily HaMevaser reports.
In her suit, the petitioner, R. Menashe, is particularly annoyed over the different fares enjoyed by mehadrin commuters, accusing Egged of hiding this from the general public, that these passengers receive a discounted rate. One example given is a bus trip from Jerusalem to Netivot, in which a mehadrin bus charges NIS 24.50 while regular passengers pay NIS 46.5 for the same service, a difference of NIS 22. In addition, the mehadrin lines are direct while regular buses make many stops along the way.
Menashe is seeking damages to the tune of NIS 735 million, calculating NIS 135 for each of the nation’s 7 million citizens.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Of course a direct drive would cost less to run than one with many stops … much better mileage. So take the mehadrin line if it costs you less … unless of course you happen to think that frum Jews have cooties. And that’s the secular bottom line, isn’t it?
What is the fare on the direct line to Netivot? Then a comparison can be made, fares should be the same for EGGED buses whether they are Mehadrin or not.
Ridiculous. And her math is not very good…. 7,000,000×135=945 million….
I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY CANT SHE TAKE THE MEHADRIN BUS AND OBEY THE RULES. HOW IS SHE ALLOWED TO SUE OVER THIS?
Actually, it’s the men who are discriminated against on the mehadrin city buses. The front of a mehadrin double bus (as most of them are) has 14 seats for men whereas the rest of the bus has 41 seats for the women. The standing room is more or less equal.
What is the “class”? It has to be women who are both anti-hareidi, and would normally be taking a bus serving the route (which is designed to go places primarily of interest to hareidim, and avoid places primarily of interest to hilonim).
Of course, normal rules of civil procedure don’t apply in zionist courts, which being anti-Torah is usually enough to sustain any cause of action.