Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
General Topics => The Debating Chamber => Topic started by: KKOB on October 23, 2014, 17:06:50 PM
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Six British tourists were injured after the minibus they were travelling in crashed into another van, killing its driver.
The crash, which happened in the Koycegiz district of south-western Turkey's Mugla province, killed van driver Ata Candan, 48, as well as injuring six Brits and the Turkish man behind the wheel of their minibus.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2804953/Six-British-tourists-injured-minibus-crash-Turkey-left-one-dead.html
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Sad but sadly no surprise - we have nearly been stacked into the back of several vehicles over the years. On one occasion I even had to grab the steering wheel to prevent such an event as our driver failed to notice a lorry was going extremely slowly.
Sympathies to all involved. But these transfer guys are working far too long hours, on a route which must have bored them senseless years ago. Lives are at risk daily.
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Before the tunnel opened we came up behind a lorry loaded wth the big 19 litre water bottles on the road over the mountain at a ridiculous speed (us not him), when I opened my eyes it was behind us and to this day I have no idea how !!
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I've seen the pictures, ( on the news link ), of the remains of the mini-bus involved in this horrific "accident ", & it appeared to me that the front tyres on this vehicle, ( or which used to be on it ), are so badly worn & shiny, that it would almost be possible to shave in the reflection from them !! It is not ALWAYS bad driving which causes these crashes in Turkey, private, & commercial vehicle condition/maintenance is absolutely , disgustingly abysmal, & the vehicle owners know it !!