[69543] A Series of Unusual Incidents on Turkey's Roads: Drunk Drivers and Road Rage

A Series of Unusual Incidents on Turkey's Roads: Drunk Drivers and Road Rage

A busy day of reports regarding law violations on Turkey's roads, focusing on dangerous driver behavior and road rage. At the center of the reports is the city of Bursa, where a number of incidents related to drunk driving were recorded.

According to a report on the Haber Gündem channel, a female driver caught in a breathalyzer test in Bursa caused a scene when she refused to blow into the device. During the incident, according to Haber Gündem, the driver tried to delay police procedures by claiming she was having a "panic attack" and requested phone help from a friend, calling out "Alo kanka (buddy/friend), emergency." In the end, it was found that her blood alcohol concentration was 0.96 per mille, and she was fined and her vehicle was impounded.

In another case in the same district, according to Askeri Hassas Gündem 🇹🇷, another drunk driver in Bursa behaved unusually toward police officers, attempting to use similar excuses of medical distress to avoid the test. In another channel, Haber Gündem reports on a more serious accident in the Inegöl district of Bursa, in which a vehicle slid into a ditch. The driver refused to be tested with a breathalyzer and received a heavy fine of 150,000 Turkish Lira, along with a 5-year license suspension, after numerous alcohol bottles were found in his vehicle.

At the same time, outside the scene of drunk driving, the Haber X channel reports on an incident of road rage in Istanbul. According to the report, a taxi driver blocked a female driver in the driving lane and began hurling curses at her, an incident pointing to a rise in tension among road users in Turkey's major cities.