Wolt risks being shut down as Road Safety Authority files police complaint over courier violations

National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) Council Chairman Israel Police Deputy-Chief (ret.) Moti Edrei has filed a formal police complaint against delivery company Wolt and its CEO, Tomer Cohen, alleging ongoing violations of traffic regulations and serious traffic offenses involving the company's couriers.In a letter to the head of Israel Police Traffic Division, Assistant-Chief Haim Shmueli, Edrei called for a criminal investigation into the company and its CEO, along with immediate enforcement measures, including consideration of a court order to suspend Wolt's operations.Road Safety Authority claims Wolt must appoint traffic safety officerIn his complaint, Edrei cited Regulation 579 of Israel's Traffic Regulations, which defines an enterprise as a company or business operating at least 40 vehicles of specified categories, including motorcycles and private cars.According to Wolt's figures, approximately 20,000 couriers operate through its platform. The NRSA also holds the registration numbers of approximately 214 motorcycles, scooters and other vehicles used by couriers involved in reported road safety incidents, more than five times the threshold specified in the regulation.Based on these figures, the NRSA argues that Wolt qualifies as an enterprise under the regulation and is therefore required to appoint a traffic safety officer, an obligation the authority claims the company has repeatedly failed to meet.According to the complaint, Regulation 580(a) also places personal responsibility on the company's CEO.Wolt disputes this interpretation…