Data from the Chief Scientist in the Ministry of Transport reveal: Due to the cost of compulsory insurance, many motorized scooter drivers are giving up their favorite transport vehicles. The positive side: a sharp drop in the number of motorcycle accidents, reports correspondent Shlomi Diaz in Yisrael Hayom.

The Ministry of Transport’s Chief Scientist Dr. Shai Sofer pointed out that the choice of motorcycle riders to switch to electric bicycles is due to economic considerations, among other things, economic considerations. This he explains has led to a sharp decline in motorcycle accidents.

According to Sofer, “scooter riders are switching to electric bicycles, mainly due to economic considerations due to the cost of compulsory insurance, as reflected in the decrease in casualties and the decline in the number of scooters in the past year. However, according to an analysis of the Zap website, which we reported last week, since Yom Kippur there has been a relative decline in the purchase of electric bicycles, which is believed to be related to the wave of accidents.

The words of the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Transport come within the framework of the third quarter summary of the Ministry. There, among other things, there was a sharp downward trend in fatal road accidents. In addition, a change of trends was reported along with a commitment to invest hundreds of millions in a project to create bicycle paths.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)