On the bracelet are the words, "On the roads, the change starts with me." The bracelet is part of a national effort to reduce the carnage on Israeli roads, where more than 500 people died in 2004.
The bracelet is being given out free of charge to anyone requesting and also has been distributed to Knesset members and schools.
"The bracelet demonstrates to anyone wearing it that everything is in his hands," said Sheiki Rosenfeld of the National Road Safety Council. "Whoever wears it, sees it and remembers that he has taken upon himself to driver carefully on the roads."
The campaign is part of a multi-pronged effort to reduce traffic accidents, which have claimed more than 22,000 victims since 1948, a number slightly higher than all Israelis who have been killed in wars in the country during the same period.
Police have increased road patrols, and stiffer fines are being imposed against reckless drivers.
The bracelet is being given out free of charge to anyone requesting and also has been distributed to Knesset members and schools.
"The bracelet demonstrates to anyone wearing it that everything is in his hands," said Sheiki Rosenfeld of the National Road Safety Council. "Whoever wears it, sees it and remembers that he has taken upon himself to driver carefully on the roads."
The campaign is part of a multi-pronged effort to reduce traffic accidents, which have claimed more than 22,000 victims since 1948, a number slightly higher than all Israelis who have been killed in wars in the country during the same period.
Police have increased road patrols, and stiffer fines are being imposed against reckless drivers.