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Important! Beginning from July 2019, the law requiring a license for electric bicycle and scooter riders will come into force. To get a license, the rider is required to successfully pass a 30-question rider’s test.
The law requires driver licenses and to pass the test theory. To do that it requires citizenship or High status. That means me and my community living in ISRAEL as asylum seekers cannot have the license and the test. ISRAEL refuses to check our asylum request and put us in collective protection instead, which doesn't give us any rights except to stay in israel. we are not allowed to have a driver license or to drive a car because of our status. most of us use the electric bicycle to get things done in our daily life as fast as possible, now we do not anymore because of this law.
The state passes the law is not the problem and not necessary to say racist, but passing the law without considering our existence, without considering our presence in Israel with no alternative is racist and neglecting.
Several laws have passed in an attempt to harm our life in ISRAEL. With every law they have to make, it excludes us from all the rights we deserve and need to function as a living human being. It's because whether they make the law in purpose to harm us or they don't want to see we are here, we exist here.
We are in supporting the law. It is wonderful for the sake of safety. We are very aware of the dangers of electric bicycles or scooters and we believe this law will reduce the risk of accidents.
Our priority in life is safety. The only reason for us to be here is that we need safety. We will respect any law that keeps people safe and protected, but Israel must stop ignoring our existence, give us the opportunity and alternatives to exercise our life in Israel. Solomon Gebreyohans | community interpreter and cultural broker | 02-July-19
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