Yesterday, while on the bus on the way to work, while passing Ofra I saw that the cement blocks protecting
trempistim aka hitchhikers were being replaced by brightly colored poles.
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| going north, towards Shiloh, Eli, Ariel etc |
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| going north, towards Shiloh, Eli, Ariel etc |
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| going south, towards Jerusalem |
Even though these poles are installed well and into the ground, I am not impressed, nor am I comforted nor feel safer. The security experts first started putting in poles to protect bus stops and hose waiting, after the terrorist rammed into us twenty years ago. They do protect a bit when the weapon is a regular car. But I always felt much safer when able to hid behind those cement barriers if there would be a shooting attack by terrorists.
No, Baruch Hashem and bli eyin haraa, (not the tempt the Evil Eye,) I was never shot at. But while waiting for buses and
tremps (rides) I do rehearse in my mind how to hide from danger. And considering the amount of shooting attacks, I don't think that the cement barriers should be scrapped.
What do you think?
