Driving Lesson

My latest driving experience in Israel made me so irritated that I had to share! The Jewish holiday of Shavuot starts tonight. I had an early doctor's appointment this morning and decided to head to the mall afterwards to pick up a few things before the holiday starts.

In Israel, Shavuot is a religious holiday - so everything shuts down from tonight until tomorrow night.

This is a holiday where you're supposed to eat a lot of dairy (which I love) so I decided to stock up on dairy products. On my way out, I noticed a LONG line of cars waiting to enter the parking lot (we do security checks at the malls, so your car is searched before you enter... it just takes up time). Upon leaving the parking lot, I started driving along the road and was stopped by this long line. Some yutz behind me started honking his horn (which is the Israeli way of saying "MOVE"). I had no where to go so I tried to get into the other lane - and HE FOLLOWED ME!

This dude followed me into another part of the city and tried to cut me off to yell at me. Just as he tried, a police car pulled him over for what I suspect was "reckless driving". He was quickly issued a ticket and when he started screaming at the cop - he got another one.

Happy Shavuot to that guy! I hope it teaches him a lesson but WOW, what a driving experience!! Something similar happened to the husband last week but that guy wasn't issued a ticket. G-d must LOVE me.